Foreign Attachments: The Power of Ethnic Groups in the Making of American Foreign PolicyHarvard University Press, 2000 - 190 pagini Who speaks for America in world affairs? In this insightful new book, Tony Smith finds that, often, the answer is interest groups, including ethnic ones. This seems natural in a country defined by ethnic and cultural diversity and a democratic political system. And yet, should not the nation's foreign policy be based on more general interests? On American national interests? |
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... Influence 47 3 Gaining Influence in Washington 85 4 E Pluribus Unum or Ex Plures Uno ? 130 Notes 171 Index 187 Acknowledgments The origins of this book lie in questions raised.
... influence is underappreciated and because it sometimes complicates the exercise of American power in the world ( issues of practical importance ) , com- plex and important questions concerning the character of this country's pluralist ...
... influence on U.S. foreign policy derives from observing the frequently formidable roles self - reliant ethnic groups have played in domestic politics and from assuming that their effects need not stop at the water's edge . If domestic ...
... influences on Con- gressional decisions in matters of foreign policy than the views of highly competent persons of the Executive Branch who , in contrast to the lobbyists , had exclusively the national interest at heart.2 The concerns ...
... influential answer to the problem of pluralism , James Madison , in Federalist 10 , suggested setting faction against fac- tion , maintaining that through the balance thereby achieved the nation would be protected against the excessive ...
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