New Directions in US Foreign Policy (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy)

292 Pages·2009·1.92 MB·English

by  Inderjeet Parmar

Thisbookprovidesaclear,well-writtenandstimulatingguidetokeydebatesandissues
in contemporary US foreign policy. It will both inform and provoke debate about this
hugely important, and equally controversial, subject.
Professor Mark Phythian, Universityof Leicester, UK
This book delivers on its promise of being lively and opinionated. In addition it is
thoughtful and well-informed. These esteemed academics tackle the key issues of the
day with aplomb.
Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics,
United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia

New Directions in US Foreign Policy
NewDirectionsinUSForeignPolicy isastateoftheartoverviewof US foreign policy,
providing a comprehensive account of the latest theoretical perspectives, the key actors
and issues, and new policy directions. Offering a detailed and systematic outline of the
field, this text:
(cid:1) Explains how international relations theories such as Realism, Liberalism and
Constructivism can help us to interpret US foreign policy.
(cid:1) Examines the key influential actors shaping foreign policy, from political parties
and think tanks to religious groups and public opinion.
(cid:1) Explores the most important new policy directions from the ‘war on terror’ and
relationswith the UN to democracy promotion and American ‘imperialism’.
(cid:1) Supplies succinct presentation of relevant case material, and provides recommen-
dations for further reading andweb sources for pursuing future research.
Written by a distinguished line-up of contributors actively engaged in original research
on the topics covered, this text provides a unique platform for rigorous debate over the
contentious issues that surround US foreign policy. This wide-ranging text is essential
reading for all students and scholars of US foreign policy.
Inderjeet Parmar is Professor of Government and Head of the Department of Politics,
, UK. He has published several monographs and is the co-editor
of the Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy series.
Linda B. Miller is Professor of Political Science, Emerita, at Wellesley College, MA,
USA. An international relations specialist, she has also taught at Barnard, Harvard,
and Brown and held research appointments at Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, and
Brown, where she is currently Adjunct Professor (Research) at the Watson Institute.
Mark Ledwidge is an Honorary Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in American
Politics at the University of Warwick and in the Department of Politics, University of
Manchester,UK.
Contributors: Donald E. Abelson, Christopher Candland, Mick Cox, Stuart Croft,
David HastingsDunn,AggieHirst,Steven Hurst, RichardJackson, Thomas M.Kane,
Nicholas Kitchen, Mark Ledwidge, Timothy J. Lynch, Jim McCormick, Matt
McDonald, Linda B. Miller, Martyn Mos, Craig N. Murphy, Inderjeet Parmar, Giles
Scott-Smith, Robert Singh and Doug Stokes.
Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
Edited by Inderjeet Parmar, and John Dumbrell, University
of Durham
Thisnewseriessetsouttopublishhighqualityworksbyleadingandemergingscholars
critically engaging with US foreign policy. The serieswelcomes avarietyof approaches
to the subject and draws on scholarship from international relations, security studies,
internationalpoliticaleconomy,foreignpolicyanalysisand contemporaryinternational
history.
Subjects covered include the role of administrations and institutions, the media,
think tanks, ideologues and intellectuals, elites, transnational corporations, public opi-
nion, and pressure groups in shaping foreign policy, US relations with individual
nations, with global regions and global institutions and America’s evolving strategic
and military policies.
The series aims to provide a range of books – from individual research monographs
and edited collections to textbooks and supplemental reading for scholars, researchers,
policy analysts, and students.
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Contents
List of illustrations ix
List of contributors x
Introduction 1
INDERJEETPARMAR,LINDAB.MILLERANDMARKLEDWIDGE
PARTI
Theorising contemporary US foreign policy 3
1 Realism 5
THOMASM.KANE
2 Constructivism, US foreign policy and the ‘waron terror’ 18
RICHARDJACKSONANDMATTMCDONALD
3 Neo-conservatism: theory and practice 32
ROBERTSINGH
4 Liberalism and neoliberalism 48
TIMOTHYJ.LYNCH
5 Marxism and US foreign policy 62
DOUGSTOKES
PARTII
Non-state actors in US foreign policy 77
6 Parties, partisanship and US foreign policy: the growing divide 79
STEVENHURST
7 What were they thinking? Think tanks, the Bush presidency and
US foreign policy 92
DONALDE.ABELSON
viii Contents
8 Intellectuals and US foreign policy 106
AGGIEHIRST
9 Christian evangelicals and US foreign policy 120
STUARTCROFT
10 American foreign policy after the Bush administration: insights
from the public 136
JAMESM.MCCORMICK
11 Race, African-Americans and US foreign policy 150
MARKLEDWIDGE
PARTIII
New policy directions 171
12 Transatlantic relations and US foreign policy 173
DAVIDHASTINGSDUNN
13 US national security: still an ambiguous symbol? Still an illusion? 190
LINDAB.MILLER
14 The US and the Middle East in theory and practice since 9/11 200
LINDAB.MILLER
15 The US and the UN: the return of the prodigal son? 210
CRAIGN.MURPHY
16 Democracy promotion and the New Public Diplomacy 225
GILESSCOTT-SMITHANDMARTIJNMOS
17 Illusions of empire and the spectre of decline 241

NICHOLASKITCHENANDMICHAELCOX
18 Internationally recognized core labor standards under the
George W. Bush Administration 251
CHRISTOPHERCANDLAND
Index 266
Illustrations
Figures
5.1 A comparison of the frequency of specific terms used in the two most
influential journals of IR theory, 2001–2008 51
10.1a Percentage of the American public identifying these foreign policy
issues as “extremely important”, 2001–2008 141
10.1b Percentage of the American public identifying these domestic policy
issues as “extremely important”, 2001–2008 141
Tables
9.1 Faith in America 121
18.1 The core labor standards 252