US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy) - Softcover

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9780415679800: US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy)
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ISBN 10: 041567980X ISBN 13: 9780415679800
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
041567980X
ISBN 13 
9780415679800
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
Editor
Cox Michael, Lynch Timothy J., Bouchet Nicolas

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