Diplomacy and Developing Nations

This volume explores the foreign policy environment facing developing nations and their particular foreign policy-making structures and processes. By defining foreign policy broadly to incorporate the activities of a range of state actors and non-state actors the book broadens the range of analytical frameworks for studying foreign policy-making in developing nations. Thus the actions of small groups of elites international institutions and transnational networks are seen to be part of foreign policy-making as well as the traditional operations of foreign ministries.The volume is comprised of an extensive introduction four thematic chapters six country studies and a conclusion that ties together common themes. These serve as a useful contribution to the analysis of foreign policy-making in developing nations a neglected area in the comparative study of foreign policy.