Defending the National Interest: Raw Materials Investments and U.S. Foreign Policy

Stephen D. Krasner

ISBN 10: 0691021821 / ISBN 13: 9780691021829

Published by Princeton Paperbacks/Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1978

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404 pp. An excellent study/work/research/reading coyp! Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external, but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with crispt pages and mild discoloration/browning/tanning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Pen and pencil markings on parts of text. Smooth covers. Mildly or minimally shelf worn.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defending the National Interest: Raw Materials Investments and U.S. Foreign Policy
• Publisher: Princeton Paperbacks/Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691021821
• ISBN 13: 9780691021829
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: Copyright © 1978 by Princeton Univ Press
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Political Science, Political Theory & Studies
  • US Politics & History, Amer. Presidency

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Synopsis

Stephen Krasner's assumption of a distinction between state and society is the root of his argument for the superiority of a statist interpretation of American foreign policy. Here he challenges the two dominant and rival interpretations of the relationship between state and society: interest group liberalism and Marxism. He contends that the state is an autonomous entity acting on behalf of the national interest, and that state behavior cannot be explained by group or class interest.



On the basis of fifteen case studies drawn from extensive public records and published literature on American raw materials policy in the twentieth-century, Professor Krasner provides empirical substance to the debate about the meaning of the "national interest," the importance of bureaucratic politics, and the influence of business on American foreign policy.

From the Back Cover

"Defending the National Interest is a major and highly original contribution to the study of American foreign policy and, in particular, to our understanding of the critically important area of national policy toward foreign investment in raw materials."--Robert Gilpin, Princeton University