Some scholars argue that states are unitary actors with a single foreign policy output, while others argue that states are made up of many decision makers at the domestic level and cannot act unilaterally. Explain both points of view. Which do you agree with most? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
A unitary actor is a transnational actor (usually a sovereign state) assumed to be
internally united, so that changes in its domestic opinion do not influence its foreign
policy as much as do the decisions that actor's leaders make to cope with changes in
its global environment. From this assumption can be derived the expectation that
international actors can and do make decisions by rational calculations of the costs
and benefits of different choices.
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