In The Crisis of American Foreign Policy, noted scholar Howard J. Wiarda 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 critical issues as ethnocentrism in foreign policy as well as U. S. efforts to extend democracy, human rights, and civil society in other countries. Key areas covered include Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Concise, clearly written, well-organized, challenging, and provocative, this is a text that students and professors alike will appreciate.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Rethinking American Foreign Policy
Part I: American Foreign Policy: Crisis and Change
Chapter 1: American Foreign Policy: Politics and Paralysis
Chapter 2: New Challenges in U. S. Foreign Policy
Chapter 3: The Main Institutions of Foreign Policymaking
Chapter 4: The New Powerhouses: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy
Chapter 5: The Washington Social Circuit and Foreign Policy
Part II: Hot Global Issues
Chapter 6: Ethnocentrism and Foreign Policy: Can We Understand the Third World?
Chapter 7: The Democracy Agenda in U. S. Foreign Policy
Chapter 8: Human Rights Policy
Chapter 9: Friendly Tyrants and American Interests
Chapter 10: Globalization and Its Critics
Part III: Regional Responses
Chapter 11: Asia and the Effort to Grow Civil Society
Chapter 12: Democracy and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 13: Benign Neglect: American Foreign Policy in Latin America in the Post-Cold War Era
Chapter 14: The Middle East and Islamic Society
Conclusion
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