Foreign policy : a study in public administration

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Kent-Brown, Duke
Roux, Nico L.

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South African Association for Public Administration and Management

Abstract

There has been a tendency among practitioners in the Political Science and Public Administration/Management fields to jealously guard their respective academic domains; and to be often extremely sensitive to a perceived dividing line that separates public policy analysis from foreign policy analysis, arguably to the ultimate detriment of legitimate scientific enquiry. This article seeks to demonstrate that there is a grey area, with particular reference to foreign (public) policy, that ought to unite, rather than divide, the Political Scientist and the Public Administration Scientist; and that an analysis of foreign policy is a legitimate pursuit of the Public Administration Scientist, whether in regard to the decision making process, the implementation of policy or its perceived usefulness or overall effectiveness.

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Foreign policy, Public policy, Policy analysis

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Citation

Kent-Brown, D & Roux, N 2003, 'Foreign policy: a study in public administration', Journal of Public Administration, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 66-84. [http://www.saapam.co.za/]