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Blessing America first : religion, populism, and foreign policy in the Trump administration / David T. Buckley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buckley, David T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trump, Donald, 1946-.
- Trump, Donald.
- Christian conservatism--United States--History--21st century.
- Christian conservatism.
- Christianity and politics--United States--History--21st century.
- Christianity and politics.
- Populism--United States--History--21st century.
- Populism.
- United States--Foreign relations--2017-2021.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Drawing on first-hand experience in the State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs during the Obama-Trump transition, David T. Buckley traces how the Trump administration's populism affected the foreign policy bureaucracy.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Religion and Foreign Policy: Statecraft and Populist Governance
- 1. What Does Populism Have to Do with Religion and Foreign Policy?
- 2. The Blob Gets Religion: RGA and the Prepopulist Equilibrium
- Part II. The Populist Difference
- 3. "The Faith of the Administration": Populist Ideology, Religion, and Foreign Policy
- 4. Who Needs an Office? Populist Personalism and Religion in the Bureaucracy
- Part III. Preexisting Conditions and Populist Constraint
- 5. Faith in a Deep State? Bureaucratic Preservation in a Populist Transition
- 6. Salvation in Institutions? American Secularism, Executive Power, and Populist Change
- 7. A Faithful Audience? Public Opinion and Trump's Religious Foreign Policy
- Part IV. Effects Beyond the Populist
- 8. Faithful Partners: Religious Populism and International Ties
- Conclusion: Religion and Foreign Policy After Populism
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780231557016
- 0231557019
- OCLC:
- 1446800008
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