The United States and the World: From Imitation to Challenge

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The effect of the conference is reflected in the contributions that follow in this volume and in the rich, interdisciplinary debate over the American impact on the world, integration in Pax Americana and patterns of integration in other parts of the world, different and/or similar approaches to challenges to international order, and last but not least the issue of continuity and change in politics. Here one also needs to mention the ever-present debate on the American "export" of values: separation of church and state, human rights, the idea of sovereignty, the rule of separation of powers, modern federalism, democratization approaches, Americanism, American Studies dilemmas, American exceptionalism, uniqueness in contemporary American society, and patterns in foreign policy. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CONNECTIONS IN THE WORKPLACE AS A WAY OF ACCUMULATING SOCIAL CAPITALBY POLISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE USA Social capital in the workplace Social capital and immigrants Research results and interpretation Social capital of Polish immigrants Social capital in the workplace Conclusion CULTURE, SOCIALIZATION, AND POLICY Celebrity endorsement theory Data and method Implications for educators Discussion and conclusion Appendix: Selected Survey Questions HOW TO MAKE STORIES ABOUT THE IRAQI WAR:“COMMODIFIED” MEMORY AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF DEMOCRATIC VIOLENCE IN SEARCH OF DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION. CREATING MYTH, FALSE PROMISEOR BRIGHT FUTURE? Introduction Cooperation/communication Democracy Systemic change Conclusion WINDOWS, STREAMS, AND ORGANIZED DISORDER: PRESIDENTIAL STRUGGLE FOR CONTROLOF POLITICAL AGENDA Leadership situation as an analytical concept The policy process in Washington D.C. since mid-1970s The post-modern presidency in search for power Policy making process as organized disorder Presidential domination of the political agenda The elusive nature of presidential success Conclusions TO WEIMAR AND BACK? POLAND, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY SPACE A CLASH OF EXPECTATIONS: SORTING OUT WHERE EAST MEETS WEST AFTER THE POLISH MISSILE CRISIS A multipolar world, divided into sectors The P5 global sectors: is a realignment needed? Revisit Teheran and Yalta: “move Poland East” Kaliningrad or the Crimea: one or the other Conclusion THE POLISH MISSILE CRISIS: TRANSATLANTIC TENSIONS SINCE 2008 AMONG POLAND, THE UKRAINE, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Russia’s paranoia Polish and Georgian insecurity The Polish Missile Crisis Quid pro quo: Crimea for Kaliningrad? Conclusion CHALLENGING AMERICANISM: THE PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT THE “AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE” IN COLD-WARAND POST-COLD-WAR GREECE Introduction The concept of Americanism in postwar Greece (1947–1967) The concept of Americanism in post-authoritarian Greece (1974–1989) The debate about Americanism after the end of the Cold War Conclusion UNIVERSAL PICTURES: PROPAGANDA – EXPORT – EXCHANGE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: DEAD OR ALIVE? WHAT DRIVES U.S. OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (AND WHY IT’S NOT DEVELOPMENT)? Introduction U.S. aid after 9/11: driven by what? MCA: “A herald of change”? Conclusion CONFRONTING THE GLOBAL FRONTIER: THE PROMOTION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACYAS A CHALLENGE TO THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD ORDER Introduction A global wild West? Americanismand its frontier after September 11th The visions of hegemony:liberal Pax Americana versus Global Balkans The democratic crusade of G.W. Bush: a costly fiasco? Conclusion AMERICAN “SOFT POWER” AFTER GEORGE W. BUSH’S PRESIDENCY Introduction The USA and the World Order in statu nascendi George W. Bush’s presidency Barack H. Obama’s presidency Conclusion NORMS AND VALUES IN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES Introduction. International studies vs. ideas coined in the USA Norms and values in realist and liberal approaches to studies of international relations Social constructivism Conclusion AMERICAN STRATEGY TOWARD GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. NEW LEADERSHIP OR CRISIS OF IDENTITY? LACK OF ARGUMENTS OR A COMMON SENSE: REASONS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT’S PREFERENCES TO INTERNATIONALCOMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION Introduction Methodological issues The U.S. Supreme Court in the U.S. legal system References to the international community Conclusions The future? AMERICAN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS: GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY OR GLOBAL HEGEMONY Conclusion WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD AND HIS 1901 VISION OF THE AMERICANIZED WORLD THE UNITED STATE’S INFLUENCE IN THE LEGAL SYSTEMS OF EASTERN EUROPE: ROMANIA’S RIGHT TO A GOOD ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN CONCEPT OF FEDERAL UNION AND ITS WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE Inventing federalism Federalism adopted, rejected and twisted Reception of American federalism in contemporary federal systems Conclusion AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM: CHALLENGES AND RENEWALS RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM: STRATEGIES FOR RECAPTURING THE RHETORIC OF EXCEPTIONALISM IN BARACK OBAMA’S PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN Transforming political rhetoric Transcending race From race to class BASEBALL AND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM THE POWER OF CHANGE VS. THE POWER OF CONTINUITY: WHAT MIGHT BE ACHIEVED BY THE U.S. PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF HIS PRESIDENCY? (ON GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA’S EXAMPLES) CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF‘COMPLEX’ INTERDEPENDENCE THEORY Theory of complex interdependence Emergence of Sino-American interdependence President Obama’s change and continuity Fields for closer cooperation of the United States and China Conclusion THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY AND THE NEW ROADS FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: HAS THE PAST BEEN LEFT BEHIND? The new era of engagement US diplomacy revisited The US Mexico strategic partnership on security