Title Ideas and international political change : Soviet/Russian behavior and the end of the Cold War / Jeffrey T. Checkel

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1997]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 191 pages) Contents Preface: Capturing Complexity, Explaining Change -- 1. Ideas and Policy Change -- 2. Policymaking in an Authoritarian State -- 3. Entrepreneurs Looking for a Window -- 4. Windows Opening? -- 5. Open Windows, New Ideas, and the End of the Cold War -- 6. A Post-Cold War Cold Peace? Ideas and Institutions in the New Russia -- 7. Ideas and Foreign Policy -- Appendix. Schedule of Interviews Summary The remarkable, peaceful end of the Cold War dramatically-and unexpectedly-transformed international politics toward the end of the twentieth century. At the heart of this amazing change was the struggle over new and old ideas. Drawing on rich data from interviews with key Soviet architects of "new thinking" and of Gorbachev-era policy reforms, Jeffrey Checkel offers an absorbing historical narrative of political change in the late Soviet period, along with theoretical insights into the effect of ideas on state behavior. International structure and domestic institutions account for variations from country to country in how ideas influence state policy, Checkel argues. While a changing international political environment creates opportunities for the carriers of new ideas, these entrepreneurs must operate within domestic institutional settings that sharply affect their ability to influence policy. In the late Soviet period, entrenched assumptions about international politics were close to breaking down, creating a rare opportunity for new thinking. Checkel draws on this analysis of policy change in Soviet Moscow at the end of the Cold War, as well as in post-Soviet Russia, to illuminate the role of ideas in international political change.-- Provided by Publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-184) and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 15, 2019) Subject International relations -- Methodology Peaceful change (International relations) Ideology. Detente. ideology. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Detente Ideology Diplomatic relations International relations -- Methodology Peaceful change (International relations) Ost-West-Konflikt Ende Internationale betrekkingen. Koude Oorlog. Ontspanningspolitiek. Processus de paix. Détente (politique) Relations internationales -- Philosophie. SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Foreign relations Subject Soviet Union Russland Sowjetunion URSS -- Relations extérieures. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300146066 030014606X

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