TY - BOOK AU - Spanier,John W. AU - Uslaner,Eric M. TI - American foreign policy making and the democratic dilemmas SN - 0256062587 AV - JX1706 S1 PY - 1989/// CY - Pacific Grove, Calif. PB - Brooks/Cole Pub. Co. KW - International relations KW - Administration KW - fast KW - United States KW - Foreign relations administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-384) and index; Foreign policy in a democracy -- Presidential preeminence in the making of foreign policy -- The presidency and executive-legislative relations -- Congress: how silent a partner? -- The fourth circle I: public opinion, political parties, and the media -- The fourth circle II: local activists and interest groups -- The rational actor model and crisis decisions -- The bureaucratic politics model and noncrisis decisions -- Balancing the scales? N2 - Focuses on the problems of making foreign policy in a democratic society ER -