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  Foreign Policy AnalysisVolume 4 Issue 3, Pages 227 - 253 Published Online: 15 May 2008 © 2010 International Studies Association Published on behalf of the International Studies Association
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 184K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Subnational Foreign Policy Actors: How and Why Governors Participate in U.S. Foreign Policy Author's note: A previous version of this paper was presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Studies Association. The author thanks the editors and anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments as well as his fellow panelists at ISA, Harvey Starr, Julie Loggins, Kelly O'Reilly, and Lisa McMillan for advice. Funding from the Walker Institute for International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina enabled the author to conduct personal interviews with U.S. states' overseas officials. The author appreciates the many U.S. state and federal officials that assisted with data collection and informed his understanding of this topic. Copyright © 2008 International Studies Association ABSTRACTU.S. governors lead overseas missions seeking investment and promoting trade, establish international offices, meet with heads of government, receive ambassadors, and take positions on foreign policy. This paper describes how governors are involved in participating in U.S. foreign policy, explains why governors seek to voice their views and play an active role in working with leaders and issues beyond their state's borders, and argues that U.S. states and governors need to be better conceptualized and considered in both international relations theory and foreign policy analysis. This study reveals that governors with greater institutional powers—such as appointment and budgetary control—as well as personal powers—derived from their electoral mandate, ambition, and public approval—are more likely to have higher degrees of foreign policy activity. These actions are more likely to take place during wartime and also from governors representing U.S. states bordering Canada or Mexico. | 
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