Defending the National Interest: Raw Materials Investments and U.S. Foreign Policy - Couverture rigide

Krasner, Stephen D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691076006 ISBN 13 : 9780691076003

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1978

Synopsis

Stephen Krasner's assumption of a distinction between state and society is the root of his argument for the superiority of a statist interpretation of American foreign policy. Here he challenges the two dominant and rival interpretations of the relationship between state and society: interest group liberalism and Marxism. He contends that the state is an autonomous entity acting on behalf of the national interest, and that state behavior cannot be explained by group or class interest.



On the basis of fifteen case studies drawn from extensive public records and published literature on American raw materials policy in the twentieth-century, Professor Krasner provides empirical substance to the debate about the meaning of the "national interest," the importance of bureaucratic politics, and the influence of business on American foreign policy.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The book's basic analytic assumption is that there is a distinction between state and society. "Defending the National Interest" shows that the problem for political analysis is how to identify the underlying social structure and the political mechanisms through which particular societal groups determine the government's behavior.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691076006
• ISBN 13: 9780691076003
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 422
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible