French and US Approaches to Foreign Policy
Based on document analysis, and on the evaluations, perceptions and judgments of people involved in framing, making, and applying foreign policy in both countries as foreign affairs officials, law makers, or think tanks' associates, this book presents the
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137400789
10.1057/9781137400789 - French and US Approaches to Foreign Policy, Antonio Alarcón
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“French and US Approaches to Foreign Policy skillfully weaves together structural and ideological factors that account for similarities and differences in national orientation to foreign policy. These are vividly shown in interview data with political elites in both countries.”—Edward Tiryakian, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Duke University, USA “This book is a welcome addition to the literature about the evolution of foreign policy and transatlantic affairs in recent decades, in this case US–French relations. Professor Menéndez Alarcón (Butler University) avoids the stale debates of (neo)realists versus (neo)institutionalists and constructionist. Instead, grounded on interviews of foreign policy makers and document analysis, he proposes a new integrative paradigm that includes the role of political cultures and differences in the interpretation, meaning, and implementing of supposedly shared universals, world views, memories, ethical principles, and values that undergird political decisionmaking and public sentiment. His sweeping review illustrates the origins, reasons, and spread as well as shortfalls of exceptionalist ideologies and how they affect bilateral and global foreign affairs. This publication will most certain enrich and stimulate the international relations discourse. The reader-friendly size, crisp style, and authenticity make this volume a valuable resource not only for practitioners and experts in the field but also for students in the social sciences.”—Hermann Kurthen, Associate Professor of Sociology, Grand Valley State University, USA “Menéndez’s book, drawing on interviews with political elites in France and the US, clarifies in a unique way the important but often troubled relationship between these two countries. Differences in political culture and elite belief systems, more than strict national interest, explain much of the foreign policy conflicts between the two. Menéndez’s insights would prove valuable to citizens and leaders in both countries in coping with and transcending these issues.”—Dave Mason, author of The End of the American Century and A Concise History of Modern Europe: Liberty, Equality, Solidarity “This book compares two universalisms, both born from revolutions, the French and American, based on interviews with policymakers, parliamentarians and think tanks in both countries. The outcome is a fasc
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