Foreign Policy Decision-Making in India
Author : S.S Patagundi
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Year : 2025
Price : 1095
About the Book
Foreign Policy Decision-Making in India
The formulation of foreign policy is multifaceted and more complex than domestic policies. The knowledge of a single discipline is generally inadequate to understand the reality of complex foreign policy issues. Multidisciplinary knowledge is imperative for understanding the foreign policy decision- making process. The study focuses on the perceptions, cognitive processes, and beliefs of foreign policy decision-makers and institutions. This study assumes that perceptions and beliefs are significant dimensions of political psychology in interactions among the actors representing nation-states. In a parliamentary democracy, the Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister are key actors in foreign policy decision-making. The key actors are leaders of institutions and groups. Foreign policy decision- makers are elites, and elite beliefs are significant in foreign policy decision-making. Beliefs influence the decision-makers in understanding the problem they are confronted with, defining the international situation, identifying options with pros and cons, and finally selecting the best option to achieve foreign policy objectives.
This book is an attempt to understand foreign policy decision-making in India from the perspective of political psychology. The combination of insights from political science and psychology helps to understand the reality of the multifaceted phenomena of national interest, decision-making, and the influence of leaders' personalities on foreign policy. The book is useful for students and academics interested in foreign policy analysis and foreign policy decision-making, and is important for researchers in policy studies institutes, journalists, foreign policy analysts, strategists, risk analysts, historians, biographers, and the general public interested in foreign policy.
About the Author
Shivaputra S. Patagundi is a former Professor, Chair of Political Science, and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Karnatak University, Dharwad. He is the Founder Registrar of Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, and is a former ICSSR Senior Fellow. His areas of interest are linkages between domestic politics and foreign policy decision-making, with reference to the role of political parties, party system, and elites in a globalised world. He is the author of two books, co-author of two books, and co- editor of a book. Prof. Patagundi has published 40 articles in journals and edited books. He has participated in the IPSA World Congress in Montreal (2014), Madrid (2012), Fukuoka (2006), and Durban (2003). He was a member of the Governing Council of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.