Communitarian foreign policy
Subtitle: Amitai Etzioni's vision
By: Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781412862608
Subjects: Human rights; World politics; International relations; International cooperation; Philosophy; Foreign relations; Political and social views
Description: This volume establishes Amitai Etzioni's communitarian approach to international relations as a distinct school of American foreign policy thought. Nikolas K. Gvosdev systematically evaluates Etzioni's ideas, tracing their origins during the Cold War and their relevance to current challenges in Asia and the Middle East, and considering their strengths and weaknesses. Etzioni agrees with liberal internationalists who believe that traditional notions of state sovereignty are eroding and that a new set of global norms is required. However, he argues against the imposition of Western policies on the rest of the world, which he sees as a recipe for conflict which the United States cannot afford. He warns against the post-Cold War triumphalism, arguing that it undercuts efforts to find necessary common ground with both Russia and China. The trust that is needed for forming closer associations between nations and to have a productive dialogue on human rights can only come about through the voluntary coordination of states forced to combat an increasing array of transnational threats. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Intrusion of Reality : The Genesis of the Etzioni Approach; title: Navigating out of the Cold War : The Gradualist Proposal; title: Preventing a New Cold War : U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century; title: Building a Global Community? : The Post 9/11 Experience; title: The Security First Paradigm; title: Sheathing the Sword of Damocles: Deproliferation; title: The Challenge of Building Communities; title: Hot Spots : Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century; title: Epilogue : The Advisor's Advice Ignored?