1. Introduction -- 2. Modes of context -- 3. Context as changing meaning -- 4. Contextual indicators -- 5. Rational actor and diffusion models -- 6. Barrier models of context -- 7. Oil nationalization, 1918-1980 / Gary Goertz and Nathan Adams -- 8. Eastern Europe, 1945-1989 / Gary Goertz and Jon Solem -- 9. Historical contexts -- 10. Enduring rivalries, or plus ca change ... -- 11. The context of international norms -- 12. The norm of decolonization -- 13. Postface: interacting contexts and explaining contexts
Analysis
Foreign relations Attitudes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-298) and index