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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... Minorities - United States - Political activity - History - 20th century . 3. United States - Ethnic relations . I. Title . E744 .S589 2000 327.73 - dc21 00-027288 For the Luebbehusen Family and Jose David Ovalle Contents Acknowledgments.
... minority's efforts to control policies con- cerning the American polity in general . Existing theories of democratic citizenship that deal with subnational group politicization are typi- cally far better at defending the rights of ...
... minority " became a possibility as a wide variety of civic interests found ways to gain access to power in ... minorities ... No one who thinks back over the annals of just these postwar decades will have difficulty bringing to mind a ...
... minority and that of the general community . Our hope must be that if we understand the complications of our system of government better , we may deal with its inevitable disturbances more wisely so that democracy may function more ...
... minority . At times this solution may well be the best practical advice we can follow . Contending interests have contributed to the vitality of American poli- tics with respect to foreign as well as domestic affairs . But the ...
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