Defending the National Interest Raw Materials Investments and U.S. Foreign Policy / Stephen D. Krasner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krasner, Stephen D., 1942-

Contributor:

Harvard University. Center for International Affairs.

Series:

Center for International Affairs, Harvard University ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Raw materials--United States.

Investments, American.

Raw materials.

Diplomatic relations.

International economic relations.

Matieres premieres.

Investissements americains.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

United States.

United States--Relations exterieures.

United States--Relations economiques exterieures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 404 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1978.

Summary:

Stephen Krasner's assumption of a distinction between state and society is the root of his argument for the superiority of a statist interpretation of American foreign policy. Here he challenges the two dominant and rival interpretations of the relationship between state and society: interest group liberalism and Marxism. He contends that the state is an autonomous entity acting on behalf of the national interest, and that state behavior cannot be explained by group or class interest.On the basis of fifteen case studies drawn from extensive public records and published literature on American raw materials policy in the twentieth-century, Professor Krasner provides empirical substance to the debate about the meaning of the "national interest," the importance of bureaucratic politics, and the influence of business on American foreign policy.

Contents:

A statist approach to the study of foreign policy

The national interest and raw materials

Policy-making in a weak state

The promotion of investments

An overview of the problem of nationalization

The protection of investments before 1950

The protection of investments after 1950: diplomacy and economic pressure

The protection of investments after 1950: the use of force

Conclusions and prospects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references [pages [359]-382] and index.

"Written under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691076003

0691076006

OCLC:

1273306083