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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Krasner, Stephen D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figure -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- PART ONE -- I A Statist Approach to the Study of -- II The National Interest and Raw Materials -- III Policy-making in a Weak State -- PART TWO -- IV The Promotion of Investments -- PART THREE -- V An Overview of the Problem of Nationalization -- VI The Protection of Investments before 1950 -- VII The Protection of Investments after 1950: Diplomacy and Economic Pressure -- VIII The Protection of Investments after 1950: The Use of Force -- PART FOUR -- IX Conclusions and Prospects -- Appendix The Evolution of Foreign Raw Materials Investments -- Bibliography -- Index -- RELATED BOOKS WRITTEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY