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Foreign Policy analysis : Actor-SpecificTheory and the Ground of InternationalRelationsVALERIEM. HUDSONB righam Young UniversityExamining the history, conceptual breadth, and recent trends in thestudy of Foreign Policy analysis , it is clear that this subfield provides whatmay be the best conceptual connection to the empirical ground uponwhich all international relations (IR) Theory is based. Foreign policyanalysis is characterized by an Actor-Specific focus, based upon the ar-gument that all that occurs between nations and across nations isgrounded in human decision makers acting singly or in groups. FPAoffers significant contributions to IRFtheoretical, substantive, andmethodologicalFand is situated at the intersection of all social scienceand Policy fields as they relate to international affairs. A renewedemphasis on Actor-Specific Theory will allow IR to more fully reclaim itsability to manifest human agency, with its attendant change, creativity,accountability, and theoretical discipline has a ground.
actor. If one replaces metaphysics with a more realistic conceptualization of ‘‘actor,’’ the weaving becomes feasible, although certainly still complex. In addition, other types of theory that have not been well developed in IR, such as the theory of how …
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