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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... foreign policy than is widely recognized . This oversight reflects our poor general understanding of the domestic sources of America's role in world affairs . Yet the success of ethnic activism should not be 1 too surprising . America ...
... world affairs is bound to express to a substantial de- gree the opinion of its organized civic actors . This is especially so at times like the present , when no vital threat to the country's security is apparent and a bipartisan ...
... world affairs can stimulate powerful reactions in American politics thanks to effective transnational connec- tions among kinfolk - networks of communication which may directly and forcibly tie organized American civic associations to ...
... world affairs is a far more complicated matter than is often supposed . If ultimately a particular presidential administration is generally credited with determining how America acts on the world stage , on closer inspection the roles ...
... world affairs . Or again , the California Representative Esteban Torres may well complain that global economic forces are disproportionately affecting African Ameri- can and Hispanic American communities , which therefore need to be ...
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