Shaped by War and Trade : International Influences on American Political Development / Martin Shefter, Ira Katznelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katznelson, Ira, editor.

Shefter, Martin, editor.

Series:

Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign economic relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States--Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 372 p. :) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the twenty-first century, globalization poses major challenges to the key players in U.S. domestic politics--challenges similar to many that Americans have faced from abroad since the nation's founding. But it is only in recent decades that links have been drawn between the study of American political development and international relations; even now, emphasis falls primarily on how domestic politics affects the world arena. This book redresses the imbalance. Ten leading scholars explore how, over the past two centuries, the changing positions of the United States in the world economy and in the international political order have shaped U.S. political institutions and domestic politics. Ira Katznelson, Aristide R. Zolberg, and Robert O. Keohane demonstrate the central role that efforts to contend with foreign military and economic competition played in forming the major institutions of U.S. government from the framing of the Constitution through the Civil War. Martin Shefter, Theda Skocpol (writing with Ziad Munson, Andrew Karch, and Bayliss Camp), Ronald Rogowski, and Judith Goldstein show how the nation's political institutions were transformed by problems of war and trade the U.S. subsequently faced. Aaron L. Friedberg, Bartholomew H. Sparrow, and Peter A. Gourevitch conclude the volume by analyzing how international conflicts during and after the Cold War influenced governmental institutions and domestic politics in the United States over the past fifty years. Shaped by War and Trade sets the agenda for further exploration of a topic whose discussion is long overdue.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Part I: INTRODUCTION

One Rewriting the Epic of America / Katznelson, Ira

Two International Engagement and American Democracy: A Comparative Perspective / Zolberg, Aristide R.

PART II: AMERICA IN THE ANTEBELLUM WORLD

Three International Commitments and American Political Institutions in the Nineteenth Century / Keohane, Robert O.

Four Flexible Capacity: The Military and Early American Statebuilding / Katznelson, Ira

PART III: WAR AND TRADE

Five War, Trade, and U.S. Party Politics / Shefter, Martin

Six Patriotic Partnerships: Why Great Wars Nourished American Civic Voluntarism / Skocpol, Theda / Munson, Ziad / Karch, Andrew / Camp, Bayliss

Seven Trade and Representation: How Diminishing Geographic Concentration Augments Protectionist Pressures in the U.S. House of Representatives / Rogowski, Ronald

Eight International Forces and Domestic Politics: Trade Policy and Institution Building in the United States / Goldstein, Judith

PART IV: AMERICA SINCE 1940

Nine American Antistatism and the Founding of the Cold War State / Friedberg, Aaron L.

Ten Limited Wars and the Attenuation of the State: Soldiers, Money, and Political Communication in World War I I ? Korea, and Vietnam / Sparrow, Bartholomew H.

Eleven Reinventing the American State: Political Dynamics in the Post-Cold War Era / Gourevitch, Peter A.

PART V: CONCLUSION

Twelve International Influences on American Political Development / Shefter, Martin

Index

PRINCETON STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691188270

0691188270

OCLC:

1132222985