Obama and the World New Directions in US Foreign Policy 2nd Edition by Inderjeet Parmar ISBN 0415715237 978-0415715232

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ISBN 10: 0415715237
ISBN 13: 978-0415715232
Author: Inderjeet Parmar

This significantly revised, updated and extended second edition of New Directions in US Foreign Policy retains the strongest aspects of its original structure but adds 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:

• Explains how international relations theories such as realism, liberalism and constructivism can help us to interpret US foreign policy under President Obama
• Examines the key influential actors shaping foreign policy, from political parties and think tanks to religious groups and public opinion
• Explores the most important new policy directions under the Obama administration from the Arab Spring and the rise of China to African policy and multilateralism
• Supplies succinct presentation of relevant case material, and provides recommendations for further reading and web sources for pursuing future research.

Written by a distinguished line-up of contributors actively engaged in original research on the topics covered, and featuring twelve brand new chapters, 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.

Obama and the World New Directions in US Foreign Policy 2nd Table of contents:

Part 1 Theories

1 Realism and US foreign policy

2 Constructivism, US foreign policy, and counterterrorism

3 Neoconservatism in the age of Obama

4 Obama, liberalism, and US foreign policy

5 Marxism and US foreign policy

6 Barack Obama: cosmopolitanism, identity politics, and the decline of Euro-centrism

7 Hegemonic transition and US foreign policy

Part 2 Non-state actors

8 Parties, polarization, and US foreign policy

9 Changing minds, changing course: Obama, think tanks, and American foreign policy

10 Conservative evangelicals, the Tea Party, and US foreign policy

11 American foreign policy during the Obama administration: insights from the public

12 Corporate elite networks and US foreign policy: the revolving door and the open door under Obama

Part 3 New problems, paradigms, and policies

13 The Obama administration’s policy toward Africa

14 The offensive turn: US intelligence and the ‘war on terror’

15 Transatlantic relations and US foreign policy

16 The US ‘pivot’ to the Asia Pacific

17 The United States and the Arab spring: now and then in the Middle East

18 Obama, Wikileaks, and American power

19 The United States and the UN: return to the fold?

Part 4 A view from practitioners

20 American power, patterns of rise and decline

21 Presidents’ agenda: the decisions that will shape US–China relations

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