The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy

ISBN-13: 9780415885393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 168 str.

David Skidmore

Opis

This title traces US unilateralism to the structural effects of the end of the Cold War, both domestically and abroad, to argue that the United States was more hegemonic than multilateralist - a rule-maker, not a rule-taker.

Spis treści

1. The Unilateralist Turn in U.S. Foreign Policy  2. The International and Domestic Sources of Unilateralism  3. Structure and Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy: Clinton and Bush Compared  4. The United States and International Public Goods  5. Reconfiguring the Terms of U.S. Engagement with International Institutions  6. Barack Obama and the Unilateralist Temptation

O autorze

David Skidmore is professor of politics and international relations at Drake University. He is Director of the Drake University Center for Global Citizenship and past Director of the Drake Curriculum and First Year Seminar programs. His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of American foreign policy, international political economy and international relations theory.