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The limits of culture : Islam and foreign policy / Brenda Shaffer (edition).

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Shaffer, Brenda.
Series:
BCSIA studies in international security
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
International relations and culture.
International relations.
Islamic countries--Foreign relations.
Islamic countries.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 350 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]
System Details:
text file
Summary:
"The Limits of Culture explores the effect of culture on foreign policy, focusing on countries in the geopolitically important Caspian region and paying particular attention to those states that have identified themselves as Islamic republics: Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, and Pakistan."--Jacket.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Limits of Culture / Brenda Shaffer 1
Chapter 2 Culture and Foreign Politics / Markus Fischer 27
Chapter 3 Beyond Blood and Belief: Culture and Foreign Policy Conduct / Douglas W. Blum 65
Chapter 4 History and Foreign Policy: From Constructed Identities to "Ancient Hatreds" East of the Caspian / Ronald Grigor Suny 83
Chapter 5 Culture and Alliances: U.S. Portrayals of Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan Before and After September 11, 2001 / Ido Oren, Robert Kauffman 111
Chapter 6 Congress, Constituencies, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Caspian / David King, Miles Pomper 167
Chapter 7 Domestic Politics, Bureaucratic Strategies, and Culture in Central Asia / Roger Kangas 193
Chapter 8 The Islamic Republic of Iran: Is It Really? / Brenda Shaffer 219
Chapter 9 Civilizational Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of Iran / Ali M. Ansari 241
Chapter 10 Taliban Afghanistan: A True Islamic State? / Svante E. Cornell 263
Chapter 11 Pakistan's Foreign Policy: Islamic or Pragmatic? / Svante E. Cornell 291.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262283441
0262283441
1423796616
9781423796619
9780262195294
0262195291
9780262693219
0262693216
OCLC:
71000576
Access Restriction:
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