Local interests and American foreign policy why international interventions fail
Introduction: the "ORSDINTI Principle" 1. - 1. Strategies and the theories behind them 15. - 2. An alternative framework for viewing sociopolitical dynamics 44. - 3. Afghanistan: in the shadows of mountains 74. - 4. Somalia and Somaliland: in the shade of the meeting tree 106. - 5. Conclus...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London u.a.
Routledge
2013
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge studies in US foreign policy
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| Schlagworte: |
National security
> Pressure groups
> Außenpolitik
> Intervention
> Strategie
> Wirkung
> Auswirkung
> Fehleinschätzung
> Bevölkerungsgruppe
> Staat
> Interesse
> Gesellschaft
> Entwicklung
> United States
> Military policy
> Foreign relations
> USA
> Entwicklungsländer
> Interessenpolitik
> Kollektive Sicherheit
> Militärpolitik
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: the "ORSDINTI Principle" 1. - 1. Strategies and the theories behind them 15. - 2. An alternative framework for viewing sociopolitical dynamics 44. - 3. Afghanistan: in the shadows of mountains 74. - 4. Somalia and Somaliland: in the shade of the meeting tree 106. - 5. Conclusions 136 "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 time when American foreign policy seeks to redefine its objectives and its methods of intervention, the monolithic ideological assumptions of the state as the panacea to all social ailments, both as a format and a vehicle of norm delivery, seemingly dooms American foreign policy and European allies, to the repetition of old mistakes. In environments where interests and priorities are shaped on a highly localised basis, interventionist agendas often lack relevant meaning. The book focuses in particular on the contrast between the assumptions inherent in 'Western' interventionist strategies and social interest formation in Afghanistan, Somaliland, and Somalia. Based on extensive fieldwork, the book draws on available literature and on interviews with local population or international aid and development workers. The conclusion is that in the cases examined, the agency of local interest groups largely controls the outcome of external strategies. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of US Foreign Policy, International Relations and Security Studies"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | XII, 175 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 041565954X 0-415-65954-X 9780415659543 978-0-415-65954-3 |