US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion: From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 041567980X ISBN 13: 9780415679800

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2013

Riassunto

The promotion of democracy by the United States became highly controversial during the presidency of George W. Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were widely perceived as failed attempts at enforced democratization, sufficient that Barack Obama has felt compelled to downplay the rhetoric of democracy and freedom in his foreign-policy.

This collection seeks to establish whether a democracy promotion tradition exists, or ever existed, in US foreign policy, and how far Obama and his predecessors conformed to or repudiated it. For more than a century at least, American presidents have been driven by deep historical and ideological forces to conceive US foreign policy in part through the lens of democracy promotion. Debating how far democratic aspirations have been realized in actual foreign policies, this book draws together concise studies from many of the leading academic experts in the field to evaluate whether or not these efforts were successful in promoting democratization abroad. They clash over whether democracy promotion is an appropriate goal of US foreign policy and whether America has gained anything from it.

Offering an important contribution to the field, this work is essential reading for all students and scholars of US foreign policy, American politics and international relations.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Michael E. Cox is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he is Co-Director of LSE IDEAS. He is co-editor of the London School of Economics CWSC journal, Cold War History.

Timothy J. Lynch is Senior Lecturer in American Politics at the University of Melbourne.

Nicolas Bouchet is Deputy Editor for Research, Chatham House.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 041567980X
• ISBN 13: 9780415679800
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Redattore: Cox Michael, Lynch Timothy J., Bouchet Nicolas
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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