The Crisis of American Foreign Policy The Effects of a Divided America

by Wiarda, Howard J.; Skelley, Esther M.

• ISBN13: 9780742530386
• ISBN10: 0742530388
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-19
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In The Crisis of American Foreign Policy, noted textbook author 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 hot issues as ethnocentrism (our inability to understand other countries) 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. Wiarda is a leading scholar in the field and has long experience in Washington policy-making. This is a concise, well-written, well-organized, challenging, and provocative textbook on American foreign policy that students and professors are sure to appreciate.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xiii
Introduction: Rethinking American Foreign Policy	1	(12)
PART I: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY CRISIS AND CHANGE
1 American Foreign Policy: Politics and Paralysis	13	(14)
2 New Challenges in U.S. Foreign Policy	27	(32)
3 The Main Institutions of Foreign Policymaking	59	(34)
4 The New Powerhouses: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy	93	(24)
5 The Washington Social Circuit and Foreign Policy	117	(18)
PART II: HOT GLOBAL ISSUES
6 Ethnocentrism and Foreign Policy: Can We Understand the Third World?	135	(34)
7 The Democracy Agenda in U.S. Foreign Policy	169	(14)
8 Human Rights Policy	183	(16)
9 Friendly Tyrants and American Interests	199	(18)
10 Globalization and Its Critics	217	(26)
PART III: REGIONAL RESPONSES
11 Asia and the Effort to Grow Civil Society	243	(16)
12 Democracy and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa	259	(18)
13 Benign Neglect: American Foreign Policy in Latin America in the Post–Cold War Era	277	(18)
14 The Middle East and Islamic Society	295	(16)
Conclusion	311	(6)
Suggested Readings	317	(4)
Index	321	(8)
About the Author	329