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Foreign policy is not made in vacuo. It is the result of an influencing process that consists of many external as well as internal factors. This chapter deals with internal factors, in particular parliament and non-governmental organizations.

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Baehr, P.R. (1994). Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy. In: The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23480-6_5

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