American Politics

The election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs?_x000D_ In this book, Stephe..

Demonstrating how past American images of China are vital to understanding the nature and significance of those which circulate today, this volume seeks to highlight that American images of China are responsible for constructing certain truths and realities about that country and its people and intr..

Christianity and American State Violence in Iraq returns to a critical movement in U.S. foreign policy, during which American Christians publicly debated war in Iraq. Morrissey delves into the distinct social and cultural origins of both war-supporting and war-challenging...

Accessibly written and including satirical cartoons, this remarkable book focuses on the Bush Doctrine in Asia and examines how the Bush initiatives are received and reacted to in Asia...

Conventional wisdom holds that the President enjoys the preponderance of foreign policy power, however Congress has influenced China policymaking more than is generally recognized. The legislature has demonstrated consistent interests in the realm of China policy, and it has invariably pursued those..

Originally published in 1989, a guide for students coming for the first time to the study of democracy, who often find it difficult to trace the developement of the idea and to place it in historical context. In this accesible and informative text, Jon Roper introduces the reader to arguments for an..

This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that US government transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world. It features two detailed case studies exploring political liberalisation in Bosnia and Afghanistan...

This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that US government transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world. It features two detailed case studies exploring political liberalisation in Bosnia and Afghanistan...

This book provides an alternative perspective on how social interest-groups form and interact to affect interventions. It combines historic, sociological and international relations perspectives in a framework through which to view the relevant socio-political dynamics in ‘target societies’. At a ti..

This book provides an alternative perspective on how social interest-groups form and interact to affect interventions. It combines historic, sociological and international relations perspectives in a framework through which to view the relevant socio-political dynamics in ‘target societies’. At a ti..

Focusing on a tripartite classification relating to the construction of Mexico’s sovereignty towards its northern neighbor since 1920, this volume illustrates how Mexico’s sovereignty has varied not only according to the times, but also according to the issues at stake...

_x005F_x000D_ North American Integration: An Institutional Void in Migration, Security and Development examines the current state of North American integration. Editors, Gaspare M. Genna and David A. Mayer-Foulkes gather an international group of experts to give a broad, coherent picture of the curr..