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UNINA9910153192903321 |
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Autore |
Forsythe David P. <1941-, > |
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Titolo |
American exceptionalism reconsidered : U.S. foreign policy, human rights, and world order / / David P. Forsythe and Patrice C. McMahon |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-66552-2 |
1-317-35236-X |
1-317-35237-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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Collana |
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International Studies Intensives |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights - Government policy - United States |
Exceptionalism - United States |
World politics - 21st century |
United States Foreign relations Moral and ethical aspects |
United States Foreign relations Public opinion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the quest for a liberalized realism? -- City on a hill? : American exceptionalism past and present -- Promoting democracy after the Cold War : mission contained -- Saving strangers : humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect (R2P) -- US detention and interrogation policies after 9/11/2001 : a tortured evolution -- American exceptionalism reined in : the US Supreme Court, corporations, and the Kiobel case -- Hard times for human rights : the role of aspiring powers. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book takes on the myths surrounding US foreign policy and the future of world order. Weighing impulses toward parochial nationalism against the ideal of cosmopolitan internationalism, the authors posit that what may be emerging is a new brand of American foreign policy that gives primacy to national self-interest but with considerable interest in universal human rights. Exceptions like Libya and Syria provide case studies for critical analysis and allow the authors to look to emerging dominant powers for indicators of new challenges to the |
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