After the End
Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World
Published on 21. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-8223-2266-5 (ISBN)
Description
In the political landscape emerging from the end of the Cold War, making U.S. foreign policy has become more difficult, due in part to less clarity and consensus about threats and interests. In After the End James M. Scott brings together a group of scholars to explore the changing international situation since 1991 and to examine the characteristics and patterns of policy making that are emerging in response to a post-Cold War world.
These essays examine the recent efforts of U.S. policymakers to recast the roles, interests, and purposes of the United States both at home and abroad in a political environment where policy making has become increasingly decentralized and democratized. The contributors suggest that foreign policy leadership has shifted from White House and executive branch dominance to an expanded group of actors that includes the president, Congress, the foreign policy bureaucracy, interest groups, the media, and the public. The volume includes case studies that focus on China, Russia, Bosnia, Somalia, democracy promotion, foreign aid, and NAFTA. Together, these chapters describe how policy making after 1991 compares to that of other periods and suggest how foreign policy will develop in the future.
This collection provides a broad, balanced evaluation of U.S. foreign policy making in the post-Cold War setting for scholars, teachers, and students of U.S. foreign policy, political science, history, and international studies.Contributors. Ralph G. Carter, Richard Clark, A. Lane Crothers, I. M. Destler, Ole R. Holsti, Steven W. Hook, Christopher M. Jones, James M. McCormick, Jerel Rosati, Jeremy Rosner, John T. Rourke, Renee G. Scherlen, Peter J. Schraeder, James M. Scott, Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Rick Travis, Stephen Twing
These essays examine the recent efforts of U.S. policymakers to recast the roles, interests, and purposes of the United States both at home and abroad in a political environment where policy making has become increasingly decentralized and democratized. The contributors suggest that foreign policy leadership has shifted from White House and executive branch dominance to an expanded group of actors that includes the president, Congress, the foreign policy bureaucracy, interest groups, the media, and the public. The volume includes case studies that focus on China, Russia, Bosnia, Somalia, democracy promotion, foreign aid, and NAFTA. Together, these chapters describe how policy making after 1991 compares to that of other periods and suggest how foreign policy will develop in the future.
This collection provides a broad, balanced evaluation of U.S. foreign policy making in the post-Cold War setting for scholars, teachers, and students of U.S. foreign policy, political science, history, and international studies.Contributors. Ralph G. Carter, Richard Clark, A. Lane Crothers, I. M. Destler, Ole R. Holsti, Steven W. Hook, Christopher M. Jones, James M. McCormick, Jerel Rosati, Jeremy Rosner, John T. Rourke, Renee G. Scherlen, Peter J. Schraeder, James M. Scott, Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Rick Travis, Stephen Twing
Reviews / Votes
"Highly recommended for scholars, specialists, and advanced students-an informed synthesis of recent theory and research on the formulation of American foreign policy."-Charles W. Kegley, Pearce Professor of International Relations at the University of South CarolinaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
15 tables, 7 figures
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
673 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-2266-5 (9780822322665)
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Person
James M. Scott is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and author of Deciding to Intervene: The Reagan Doctrine and American Foreign Policy, also published by Duke University Press.
Content
List of Tables and Figures ix
Preface xi
1. Out of the Cold: The Post-Cold War Context of U.S. Foreign Policy / James M. Scott and A. Lane Crothers 1
I. Actors and Influence
2. The Presidency and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War / Jerel Rosati and Stephen Twing 29
3. The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy in a New Era / Christopher M. Jones 57
4. Foreign Economic Policy Making Under Bill Clinton / I. M. Destler 89
5. Congress and Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy / Ralph G. Carter 108
6. Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War / Ole Holsti 138
7. Interest Groups and the Media in Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy / James M. McCormick 170
II. Cases
8. Making U.S. Foreign Policy toward China in the Clinton Administration / John T. Rourke and Richard Clark 201
9. American Assistance to the Former Soviet States in 1993-1994 / Jeremy D. Rosner 225
10. The Promotion of Democracy at the End of the Twentieth Century: A New Polestar for American Foreign Policy? / Rick Travis 251
11. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Assertive Multilateralism and Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy Making / Jennifer Sterling-Folker 277
12. The White House, Congress, and the Paralysis of the U.S. State Department after the Cold War / Steven W. Hook 305
13. From Ally to Orphan: Understanding U.S. Policy toward Somalia after the Cold War / Peter J. Schraeder 330
14. NAFTA and Beyond: The Politics of Trade in the Post-Cold War Period / Renee G. Scherlen 358
III. After the End
15. Interbranch Policy Making after the End / James M. Scott 389
Notes on Contributors 409
Index 411
Preface xi
1. Out of the Cold: The Post-Cold War Context of U.S. Foreign Policy / James M. Scott and A. Lane Crothers 1
I. Actors and Influence
2. The Presidency and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War / Jerel Rosati and Stephen Twing 29
3. The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy in a New Era / Christopher M. Jones 57
4. Foreign Economic Policy Making Under Bill Clinton / I. M. Destler 89
5. Congress and Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy / Ralph G. Carter 108
6. Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War / Ole Holsti 138
7. Interest Groups and the Media in Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy / James M. McCormick 170
II. Cases
8. Making U.S. Foreign Policy toward China in the Clinton Administration / John T. Rourke and Richard Clark 201
9. American Assistance to the Former Soviet States in 1993-1994 / Jeremy D. Rosner 225
10. The Promotion of Democracy at the End of the Twentieth Century: A New Polestar for American Foreign Policy? / Rick Travis 251
11. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Assertive Multilateralism and Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy Making / Jennifer Sterling-Folker 277
12. The White House, Congress, and the Paralysis of the U.S. State Department after the Cold War / Steven W. Hook 305
13. From Ally to Orphan: Understanding U.S. Policy toward Somalia after the Cold War / Peter J. Schraeder 330
14. NAFTA and Beyond: The Politics of Trade in the Post-Cold War Period / Renee G. Scherlen 358
III. After the End
15. Interbranch Policy Making after the End / James M. Scott 389
Notes on Contributors 409
Index 411