Skoči na glavni sadržaj

Pregledni rad

HOW TO EXPLAIN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY? DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN EXPLAINING AMERICAN ROLE IN THE WORLD

Krešimir Petković orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-1838 ; Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska


Puni tekst: hrvatski pdf 320 Kb

str. 122-145

preuzimanja: 2.546

citiraj


Sažetak

This essay comparatively examines explanations of american foreign policy after 9/11. After introductory reviewing chronology of events, concurring evaluations of american foreign policy and justifications given by the public officials of the Bush administration, author describes six different approaches in explaining american foreign policy and position of USA in the world. Explanations search for causes of current american foreign policy in: myths of american culture, crusading mentality of Americans paired with legitimacy problem of american federal government, ideology of american neoconservatives, war for oil and attempt to geopolitically control the Middle East, logic of capitalist imperialism, and the decline of the capitalist world system.

Ključne riječi

USA; foreign policy; empire; imperialism; capitalism; ideology

Hrčak ID:

21830

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21830

Datum izdavanja:

25.7.2005.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

Posjeta: 3.964 *