This new contributed volume from Steven Hook and James Scott introduces students to the conduct of foreign policy under the Obama administration. Its twelve original essays, written by a stellar cast of experts in the field, address whether the Obama administration’s strategy represents a ‘renewal’ of U.S. engagement. To what extent has this administration succeeded in building both the domestic and international constituencies needed to implement its foreign policy goals? How exactly have Obama’s policies regarding drone strikes, prisoner abuse, extraordinary rendition, and climate change differed from Bush-era policies? Contributors provide detailed assessments of these and many other key questions.
Designed to fit easily into courses on U.S. foreign policy, the volume’s first part looks at policy formulation, while the second part tackles policy domains. An extensive bibliography makes a great student resource for further research.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface
Seeking Renewal: American Foreign Policy in the Obama Era – Steven W. Hook and James M. Scott
Policy Formulat Ion
Presidents, Advisers, and Future Directions of American Foreign Policy – Glenn Hastedt
Striking a Balance: Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy – Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott
Vox Populi as a Foundation for Foreign Policy Renewal? Unity and Division in Post-Bush Administration Public Opinion – Douglas C. Foyle
Ethnic Lobbying in the Obama Administration – Patrick J. Haney
Policy Domains
Renewing U.S. National Security Policy: Something Old, Something New – Peter Dombrowski
Change and Continuity in America’s Counterterrorism Strategy under Obama – Stuart Gottlieb
U.S. Intelligence Policy: Where Do We Stand? – Jennifer Sims
Conducting Diplomacy – Christopher M. Jones and Kevin P. Marsh
Protecting Human Rights – David P. Forsythe
“First, Do No Harm”: Foreign Economic Policy Making under Barack Obama – I. M. Destler
U.S. Global Environmental Policy in the Post-Bush Era – Michael E. Kraft
Circa l’autore
James M. Scott is the Herman Brown Chair and Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University. His primary research and teaching interests are in international relations and foreign policy analysis and he has special interests in U.S. foreign policymaking, the role of Congress, and U.S. democracy promotion. He has authored/co-authored seven books and more than hundred journal articles, book chapters, other nonrefereed publications, review essays, and conference papers. During his career, Dr. Scott has earned over two dozen awards from students, faculty, administration, and professional associations including, most recently, the 2019 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (for IR: International, Economic, and Human Security in a Changing World, Third Edition, co-authored with Ralph G. Carter and A. Cooper Drury); the 2018-2019 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Award (Addran College of Liberal Arts, Texas Christian University); the 2018 Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award (International Studies Association – Midwest), the 2018 Add Ran College of Liberal Arts Division of Social Sciences Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar (Texas Christian University) and the 2012 Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award (International Studies Association – Midwest). Dr. Scott has been active in professional associations, serving on the governing boards, as conference Program Chair, and as President of both the International Studies Association-Midwest (2000) and the Foreign Policy Analysis Section (2001) of the International Studies Association, and as a councillor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (2017-2019). He served as associate editor of Foreign Policy Analysis (2009-2015) co-editor of Political Research Quarterly (2015-2018), and lead editor of International Studies Perspectives (2020-present). From 2004-2013, he was the Director of the annual NSF-funded Democracy and World Politics Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program.
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