New Directions in US Foreign Policy
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-77749-0
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 30th January 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 288
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About the Book
This text is a state of the art overview of US foreign policy. The book provides a comprehensive account of the latest theoretical perspectives, the key actors and issues, and new policy directions. Written by a distinguished line-up of contributors, the text:
- Explains how international relations theories such as realism, liberalism and constructivism can help us to interpret US foreign policy
- Examines the key influential actors shaping foreign policy from political parties and think tanks to religious groups and public opinion
- Explores the most important new policy directions from the 'war on terror' and relations with the UN to democracy promotion and 'imperialism'
This wide-ranging text is essential reading for all students and scholars of US foreign policy.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Section A. Theorising Contemporary US Foreign Policy 2. Realism 3. Constructivism 4. Theory, Policy and Neo-conservatism 5. Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism 6. Marxist Theory Section B. Non-State Actors in U.S. Foreign Policy 7. Political Parties and US FP 8. Think Tanks and US FP 9. Intellectuals and U.S. foreign policy 10. Religious Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy 11. Public Opinion and US FP 12. Race, Ethnicity and US FP Section C. New Policy Directions 13. Transatlantic Relations and US FP 14. The War on Terror and Grand Strategy 15. International organisations – UN 16. Democracy promotion and the New Public Diplomacy 17. American Neo-Imperialism or Declinism? 18. US Foreign Policy in the Islamic World
About the Author(s)
Inderjeet Parmar is Professor of Government and Head of the Department of Politics, University of Manchester, UK. He has published several monographs and is the co-editor of the Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy series.
Linda B. Miller is Professor of Political Science, Emerita, at Wellesley College, USA. An international relations specialist, she also taught at Barnard, Harvard, and Brown and held research appointments at Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, and Brown, where she is currently Adjunct Professor (Research) at the Watson Institute. From 1999–2002, she was also Editor of the International Studies Review.
Mark Ledwidge is a lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Manchester, UK.