8.2 Results of the Schools-of-thought Boxing Process 187 ix shown to lead to specific policy prescriptions regarding the cent,al foreign policy issues confronting America in the post-Cold War era.
DERIVATION OF SCHOOLS-OF-THOUGHT ANALYSIS \Vhile others have attempted similar projects, it was Franz Schurrnann who inspired me to attempt a schools-of-thought analysis of American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. 2 In 17ze Logic qf World Power, published in 1974, Schurmann persuasively attempted nothing less than a systemic, if general, understanding of the US perspective on the workings of the post-1945 world. Schurmann's analysis of the early Cold War era stands alone precisely because of his use of a theoretical, ideational construct that he related directly to specific outcomes in American foreign policy.
Yet for all the brilliance of Schurmann's work, it is a fimdamental flaw in his argument that inspired the genesis of schools-of-thought analysis. Schurmann incorrectly viewed political leaders as not having ideational orientations of their own to motivate their policy prescriptions. This was particularly true of Schurmann's analysis of the presidency. He explained, When challenged to make innovative policy, the leader senses certain currents of thought, feeling, and aspiration, which are commonly held by most or all members of the constituency. Using these currents as inspiration and adding a scheme made up of real capabilities of the organization, the leader comes up with a new policy which will gain him support from his constituency on both ideological and practical grounds. 3 \Vhile Schurmann was correct that political thinking, organization, and const-ituencies turn ideas into ideological fixtures, he was incorrect in assuming that such notions come from the mass public and that leaders somehow manipulate these currents to their political advantage, while remaining immune to the contagion of subideological impulses. The notion of currents of thought must be improved upon as leaders reflect more than merely manipulate the beliefs of the rest of society. To use one of Schurmann's analogies, it is certainly true that, 'The clever general knows the shared sentiments of his soldiers and can use them to implement a new course Chart 1.1 Schurmann's Currents of Cold War American Foreign Policy (inspired by Franz Schurmann, The Logic if World

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Hulsman, John C

Macmillan Education UK

Palgrave Macmillan UK

St. Martin's Press

Campbell Books Ltd

Macmillan Press

Red Globe Press

Springer

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Place of publication not identified, 1997

Basingstoke, 1997

Houndmills, 1997

1997, PT, 1997

Mar 05, 1997

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Source title: A Paradigm for the New World Order: A Schools-of-Thought Analysis of American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era

This work looks at competing, overarching, guiding principles for American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era, not only by delineating these belief systems but also by linking them to current foreign policy actors in Congress and the executive branch. The book perfects a tool, schools-of-thought analysis, which relates theory to political processes and specific policymakers. It is an attempt to both classify and analyze the intellectual and political nature of the post-Cold War era.
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.03.1997

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