American democracy promotion : impulses, strategies, and impacts / / edited by Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815243403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-159899-2; 1-281-98971-1; 9786611989712; 0-19-152277-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CoxMichael <1947->; IkenberryG. John; InoguchiTakashi
• Disciplina: 327.73; 321.80973
• Soggetti: Democracy - United States; Democratization - Government policy - United States; United States Foreign relations 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Introduction""; ""I: US Democracy Promotion in Theory""; ""1. Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy""; ""2. US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections""; ""3. US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions""; ""II: Democracy Promotion as US â€?Grand Strategyâ€??""; ""4. National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy""; ""5. America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era""; ""6. America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism""""III: US Democracy Promotion: The Domestic Context""; ""7. Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand?""; ""8. Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance""; ""9. â€?High Stakesâ€? and â€?Low Intensity Democracyâ€?: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy""; ""10. Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of ; Democracy""; ""IV: US Democracy Promotion in Practice""; ""11. Russia: Limping Along Towards American Democracy?""; ""12. Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific""""13. The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited""; ""14. Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America""; ""15. American Power, Neo-Liberal Economic Globalization and â€?Low Intensity Democracyâ€?: An Unstable Trinity""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: As we enter the 21st-century with American hegemony intact, this volume helps us understand what drives the world's last remaining superpower. It explores one of the least analysed, and most misunderstood aspects of American foreign policy.