From consensus to conflict
The domestic political economy of East-West energy trade policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7300000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce W Jentleson (0000-0001-8798-664X, University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 625-660 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020818300026898 |
| OpenAlex | W2166750068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
Changes in the domestic politics of East-West energy trade policy indicate a more general transformation of the domestic politics of American foreign policy. In the postwar period the basic, consensual pattern of congressional bipartisanship, executivebranch unity, interest-group collaboration, and a supportive public has been replaced by the conflictual pattern of an assertive Congress, a fragmented executive branch, antagonistic interest groups, and a divided public. These contrasting patterns are manifestations of structural changes in the domestic political economy. Along both political and economic dimensions, and differentiated according to whether the locus of pressure was group-specific or more general, what had been basic foundations of consensus became by the early 1970s fissures of conflict. Of particular significance were the weakening of the macropolitical foundations (the basic accord on foreignpolicy objectives and strategies) in the wake of both Vietnam and detente and the increased marginal value of the economic costs, both diffuse (macroeconomic) and particularistic (microeconomic), to be paid for economic coercion. In this transformed context, the state's support-building instruments of ideology and economic compensation were insufficient to build consensus. As a result, in this issue area and perhaps more generally, high levels of domestic constraints on the conduct of American foreign policy have become the rule rather than the exception
Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · American Political and Social Dynamics · Canadian Identity and History · Law · Research, Science, and Academia
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The first wave of the Soviet oil offensive
Trade as a strategic weapon
American leadership in world affairs
Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy
The United States and the origins of the cold war, 1941-1947.
The American people and foreign policy
Change in the International System
Congress and Foreign Policy
From Embargo to Ostpolitik
National Leadership and Foreign Policy
Russia, the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Logic of Collective Action
American Foreign Policy
U.S. Controls and the Soviet Pipeline
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The Soviet Union and International Oil Politics
Shattered Peace
Robert Kennedy and His Times
Russia, the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Congress and America's Future
Capitalism and the State in U.S.-Latin American Relations
Water's Edge
Capitalism and the State in U.S.-Latin American Relations
American Foreign Policy
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Rhetoric Revisited
From Embargo to Ostpolitik
The United States and the Origins of the Cold War
Two Faces of Power
Lessons of the Grain Embargo
The Anti-Communist Impulse
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2019 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |