Cox / Lynch / Bouchet US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion

From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-91789-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

The promotion of democracy by the United States became highly controversial during the presidency of George W. Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were widely perceived as failed attempts at enforced democratization, sufficient that Barack Obama has felt compelled to downplay the rhetoric of democracy and freedom in his foreign-policy.

This collection seeks to establish whether a democracy promotion tradition exists, or ever existed, in US foreign policy, and how far Obama and his predecessors conformed to or repudiated it. For more than a century at least, American presidents have been driven by deep historical and ideological forces to conceive US foreign policy in part through the lens of democracy promotion. Debating how far democratic aspirations have been realized in actual foreign policies, this book draws together concise studies from many of the leading academic experts in the field to evaluate whether or not these efforts were successful in promoting democratization abroad. They clash over whether democracy promotion is an appropriate goal of US foreign policy and whether America has gained anything from it.

Offering an important contribution to the field, this work is essential reading for all students and scholars of US foreign policy, American politics and international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cox, Michael

Lynch, Timothy J.

Bouchet, Nicolas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword G. John Ikenberry Introduction Michael Cox, Timothy J. Lynch and Nicolas Bouchet 1. Democracy Promotion from Wilson to Obama Tony Smith 2. Theodore Roosevelt Adam Quinn 3. Woodrow Wilson John Thompson 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt Tony Mcculloch 5. Harry S. Truman Martin H. Folly 6. John F. Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson Jon Roper 7. Jimmy Carter and Moral Purpose John Dumbrell 8. Ronald Reagan Henry R. Nau 9. Bill Clinton Nicolas Bouchet 10. George W. Bush Timothy J Lynch 11. Barack Obama Thomas Carothers

Über Autor(innen)

Michael E. Cox is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he is Co-Director of LSE IDEAS. He is co-editor of the London School of Economics CWSC journal, Cold War History.

Timothy J. Lynch is Senior Lecturer in American Politics at the University of Melbourne.

Nicolas Bouchet is Deputy Editor for Research, Chatham House.