Ellen C. Collier

Bipartisanship & the Making of Foreign Policy: a Historical Survey Ellen C. Collier

Ellen Collier presents the issues at the heart of bipartisan foreign policymaking, exploring the various meanings of bipartisanship and tracing its role in US foreign policymaking since the end of World War II. She evaluates the appropriate roles of the President and Congress in developing a bipartisan foreign policy and supplements her study with a selection of government documents that illustrate successful models of bipartisan foreign policymaking. The final section addresses executive-legislative consultation, an important aspect of policymaking in this era of divided government.