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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... problem arises - which I have called the dilemma of demo- cratic pluralism - because while necessary , desirable , and inevitable in a democratic order , organizational pluralism may also play a part in stabilizing inequalities ...
... problem of democratic citizenship : how to balance the rights and interests of the organized few against the rights and interests of the often inattentive many . For example , how compelling is the claim ethnic groups some- times make ...
... problem in democratic life of particular social interests securing policies of benefit to themselves that may have consequences for the entire citizenry . The Founding Fa- thers may have feared the " tyranny of the majority " and so ...
... 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 demands of a minority . At ...
... problems , the lesser being the imbalance be- tween competing groups so that some exert disproportionate in- fluence at the expense of those who are weaker in numbers , unity , and resources . The greater problem is the loss of cohesion ...
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