Konsultan politik, pentingkah?

Coba Anda ketika konsultan politik di Google. Wah ternyata luar biasa hasilnya. Berbeda dengan mafia politik atau hukum yang kasak kusuk di belakang layar dengan cara mencuri-curi dan mengambil keuntungan dengan menerabas hukum. Mahluk jenis konsultan ini terlihat masih baru sebagai mak comblang calon-calon kepala daerah.Kalau mafia melakukan kegiatan tidak terlihat dan hanya mereka yang tahu kodenya. Konsultan politik menggunakan instrumen riset dan polling sebagai sumber kekuatannya dan sekaligus dalam tingkat tertentu manipulasi. Makanya pernah ada lembaga survey membubarkan diri setelah ketahuan analisa dan surveynya boong boongan. Dia terlihat bukan sebagai konsultan tetapi manipulator untuk memenangkan satu pihak.Mungkin dalam perkembangannya ketika politik terintegrasi dengan publik opini, dengan media dan penguasaan massa, maka konsultan politik menggantikan paranormal dan orang-orang sakti yang menggunakan kekuatan gaib untuk jadi nara sumber “melihat” masa depan.Di Barat, jajak pendapat menjadi ukuran popularitas pemerintah, partai atau pemimpin. Ini karena perangkat ilmiah jajak pendapat margin kesalahannya mengecil tetapi bukan berarti benar seratus persen.

Foreign Policy:Theories, Actors, Cases

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This major new textbook introduces students to the dynamic and evolving field of foreign policy. The book opens with a consideration of different theoretical and historical perspectives; it then focuses on a range of actors and the goals they seek to advance;

and it ends with a series of case studies involving issues and crises relating to a wide range of different countries Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases is timely given the growing significance of foreign policy in the post-9/11 world. It will be essential reading for all students new to foreign policy.

James Rosenau: Preface

Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne: Introduction

Section 1: Foreign Policy Analysis: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives1: Valerie Hudson: The History and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis2: William Wohlforth: Realism and Foreign Policy3: Michael Doyle: Liberalism and Foreign Policy4: Jeffrey Checkel: Constructivism and Foreign Policy

Section 2: Analysing Foreign Policy: Actors, Context and Goals5: Walter Carlsanes: Actors, Structures and Foreign Policy Analysis6: Janice Gross Stein: Foreign Policy Decision Making: Rational, Psychological, and Neurological Models7: Christopher Hill & Elisabetta Brighi: Implementation and Behaviour8: Piers Robinson: The Role of Media and Public Opinion9: Brian Schmidt: The Primacy of National Security10: Michael Mastanduno: Economic Statecraft11: Michael Barnett: Duties Beyond Borders

Section 3: Foreign Policy Case Studies12: Graham Allison: The Cuban Missile Crisis13: Lloyd Axworthy: Canada and Antipersonnel Landmines14: Yuen Foong Khong: Neoconservatism and the Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy15: Amrita Narlika: India and the World Trade Organisation16: Gareth Stansfield: Israeli-Egyptian (In)security: The Yom Kippur War17: Rosemary Foot: China and the Tian’anmen Bloodshed Of June 198918: Amelia Hadfield: Energy and Foreign Policy: EU-Russia Energy Dynamics19: Tim Dunne: Britain and the Gathering Storm over Iraq20: Lisbeth Aggestam: New Actors, New Foreign Policy: EU And EnlargementSteven L. Lamy:

Conclusion: Teaching Foreign Policy Case Studies

The Globalization of World Politics:An Introduction to International Relations

“The Globalization of World Politics has done a superb job. Miraculously, it is both handy and sumptuous. Handy in the sense that the volume is self-standing in itself with succinct and lucid style and sumptuous in the sense that the volume covers the whole range of schools of thought and the whole range of policy issues that need to be dealt with in the standard curse of international relations as if readers could feel the richness of each chapter one after another. With substantial revision and updating in 2010, the volume shines even more. The volume shoots at two birds with one stone-successfully! If you are asked to choose one textbook in the area of international relations, this is it. ” – Takashi Inoguchi, University of TokyoJohn Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens: Introduction1: Anthony McGrew: Globalization and global politicsPart One: The historical context2: David Armstrong: The evolution of international society3: Len Scott: International history, 1900-19994: Michael Cox: From the cold war to the world economic crisisPart Two: Theories of world politics5: Tim Dunne and Brian C. Schmidt: Realism6: Tim Dunne: Liberalism7: Steven L. Lamy: Contemporary mainstream approaches: neo-realism and neo-liberalism8: Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones: Marxist and critical theories of international relations9: Michael Barnett: Social constructivism10: Lene Hansen: Post structuralism11: Christine Sylvester: Post colonialism12: Richard Shapcott: International ethicsPart Three: Structures and processes13: Mike Sheehan: The changing character of war14: John Baylis: International and global security15: Ngaire Woods: International political economy in an age of globalization16: J. Ann Tickner: Gender in world politics17: Christian Reus-Smit: International law18: Richard Little: International regimes19: Paul Taylor and Devon Curtis: The United Nations20: Peter Willetts: Transnational actors and international organizations in global politicsPart Four: International issues21: John Vogler: Environmental issues22: James D. Kiras: Terrorism and globalization23: Darryl Howlett: Nuclear proliferation24: John Breuilly: Nationalism25: Simon Murden: Culture in world affairs26: Edward Best and Thomas Christiansen: Regionalism in international affairs27: Matthew Watson: Global trade and finance28: Caroline Thomas and Tony Evans: Poverty, development, and hunger29: Amitav Acharya: Human security30: Jack Donnelly: Human rights31: Alex J. Bellamy and Nicholas J. Wheeler: Humanitarian intervention in world politicsPart Five: Globalization in the future32: Andrew Linklater: Globalization and the transformation of political community33: Ian Clark: Globalization and the post-cold war order