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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... values can clash - that is why civilizations are in- compatible . They can be incompatible between cultures , or groups in the same culture , or between you and me . You believe in always tell- ing the truth , no matter what ; I do not ...
... values and interests and among rival con- ceptions of the common good.3 One of the major balancing acts of modern democratic theory involves recognizing the likelihood of on- going contradictions between two rights - that of the ...
... values or interests . As Samuel Huntington has observed : Previous assumptions that the foreign and domestic policymaking processes differ from each other for important reasons no longer hold . For an understanding of American foreign ...
... minorities gain power . The objective quality of many American inter- ests in the world , and the ability of domestic values and institutions to increase the sense of national over ethnic identity once power Introduction 9.
... values ; its close and mutually beneficial ties with the United States ; its invaluable strategic role as a NATO partner ; its ever deepening relations with the State of Israel ; its historic tradition dating back more than 500 years ...
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