TY - JOUR
AU - Wish, Naomi, Bailin
AB - Abstract This research focuses on national role conceptions, which are defined as foreign policy makers' perceptions of their nations' positions in the international system. They include perceptions of the general kinds of decisions, rules, commitments, and long-term functions associated with these international positions. Role conception variables concerned with the perception of status, motivational orientation, and substantive problem area are obtained from a content analysis of speeches by 29 decision makers from 17 nations. Correlational analyses show strong correspondences between role conceptions and four foreign policy behaviors. A multidimensional analysis (MDPREF) uncovers two important factors which are interpreted as “cooperative-competive” and “low status-high status.” The MDPREF results demonstrate that leaders from the same nations had very similar role conceptions. Many similarities are also apparent in the roles expressed by policy makers from the United States and the Soviet Union. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1980 I.S.A.
TI - Foreign Policy Makers and Their National Role Conceptions
JF - International Studies Quarterly
DO - 10.2307/2600291
DA - 1980-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/foreign-policy-makers-and-their-national-role-conceptions-DlF3pudRos
SP - 532
VL - 24
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -