Grenada revolution: Foreign policy decision-making in a Cold War environment
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Title
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Grenada revolution: Foreign policy decision-making in a Cold War environment
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:bfe2dbf72982:10868
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identifier
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11271
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Creator
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Da Costa, Cleveland Oatman Horatio,
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Contributor
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Irving Leonard Markovitz
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Date
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2011
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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International relations
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Abstract
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This is a study of how decision-makers in dependent states perceive their environment, and formulate policies and specific decisions to suit.;My research focuses on Grenada, one of the smallest states, which experienced a socialist revolution between 1979 and 1983. Foreign policy decisions were made at the time within a very constrained (Cold War) international environment. I propose to analyze the Grenada experience in foreign policy decision-making, focusing primarily on two key variables: the role of perception and the constraints posed by dependence. Dependence is usually viewed as a relation between core and periphery states. I posit that dependence between two 'southern' states is also possible. In this context, Grenada, during the period of its revolution, exchanged dependence on the United States for dependence on Cuba. Therefore, among other things, I am interested in determining if, and how Grenada elites were influenced in their decision-making by this type of periphery-periphery dependence. In terms of perception, I am interested in ascertaining how Grenadian decision-makers came to form a negative perception of the United States and positive perceptions of Cuba, and therefore framed their decisions in a particular way.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Political Science
