TY - CHAP

T1 - Teaching Group-Oriented Foreign Policy Analysis for Civic Engagement

AU - Ланко, Дмитрий Александрович

PY - 2021/9

Y1 - 2021/9

N2 - This chapter introduces the concept of group-oriented foreign policy analysis andevaluates the impact that in-class exercises in this area have on students’ civicengagement. Group-oriented foreign policy analysis is client-oriented advice relevantto a decision in the field of foreign policy, where the client is not necessarilya governmental institution but any group influenced by particular issues of international affairs. The chapter demonstrates the relevance of in-class exercisesin group-oriented foreign policy analysis in countries like Russia, where the authoritarian government encourages the formation of two separate civil societies:those consisting of pro-government non-profits and of “foreign agent” non-profits.It provides a detailed description of such exercises and assesses the impact thattaking part in the exercise has on students’ civic engagement. Students’ feedbackcollected in multiple forms during the administration of the exercises from 2008–2019 at a Russian university demonstrates that the exercise influences students’civic engagement positively in multiple ways.

AB - This chapter introduces the concept of group-oriented foreign policy analysis andevaluates the impact that in-class exercises in this area have on students’ civicengagement. Group-oriented foreign policy analysis is client-oriented advice relevantto a decision in the field of foreign policy, where the client is not necessarilya governmental institution but any group influenced by particular issues of international affairs. The chapter demonstrates the relevance of in-class exercisesin group-oriented foreign policy analysis in countries like Russia, where the authoritarian government encourages the formation of two separate civil societies:those consisting of pro-government non-profits and of “foreign agent” non-profits.It provides a detailed description of such exercises and assesses the impact thattaking part in the exercise has on students’ civic engagement. Students’ feedbackcollected in multiple forms during the administration of the exercises from 2008–2019 at a Russian university demonstrates that the exercise influences students’civic engagement positively in multiple ways.

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-1-878147-64-6

SP - 149

EP - 166

BT - Teaching Civic Engagement Globally

A2 - Matto, Elizabeth

A2 - McCartney, Alison Rios Millett

A2 - Bennion, Elizabeth

A2 - Blair, Alasdair

A2 - Sun, Taiyi

A2 - Whitehead, Dawn Michele

PB - American Political Science Association

CY - Washington, D.C.

ER -