The crisis of American foreign policy : the effects of a divided America
Argues that the foreign policy of the United States reflects the divisions and dysfunctions we see in our domestic culture and society. This text tackles such issues as ethnocentrism (our inability to understand other countries) in foreign policy as well as US efforts to extend democracy, human rights, and civil society in other countries.
1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages)
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Introduction: Rethinking American Foreign PolicyPart I: American Foreign Policy: Crisis and ChangeChapter 1: American Foreign Policy: Politics and ParalysisChapter 2: New Challenges in U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 3: The Main Institutions of Foreign PolicymakingChapter 4: The New Powerhouses: Think Tanks and Foreign PolicyChapter 5: The Washington Social Circuit and Foreign PolicyPart II: Hot Global IssuesChapter 6: Ethnocentrism and Foreign Policy: Can We Understand the Third World?Chapter 7: The Democracy Agenda in U.S. Foreign PolicyChapter 8: Human Rights PolicyChapter 9: Friendly Tyrants and American InterestsChapter 10: Globalization and Its CriticsPart III: Regional ResponsesChapter 11: Asia and the Effort to Grow Civil SocietyChapter 12: Democracy and Development in Sub-Saharan AfricaChapter 13: Benign Neglect: American Foreign Policy in Latin America in the Post–Cold War EraChapter 14: The Middle East and Islamic SocietyConclusionSuggested Readings
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010