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Culture and Foreign Policy: The Neglected Factor in International Relations

By Howard J. Wiarda

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781409471899, 9781409453291, 2012019084, 9781315575438
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
699 kB (715743 bytes)
Pages
169\0
Time added
2022-08-07 15:00:12

Description

Political culture refers to the basic values, ideas, beliefs and political orientations by which countries, societies, and whole regions are guided. The underlying belief systems that shape cultures and societies and cause them to behave in certain, often distinct ways. The puzzle or query that chiefly concerns this author is why the United States (US) and its foreign policy have such a hard time understanding cultures and societies other than their own. This provocative book argues that the US needs to end its attitudes of superiority and condescension toward other nations and cultures and redirect its foreign policy accordingly. After an introduction that sets forth the main theoretical and conceptual arguments, the next chapters explore all the main areas of the world. The Conclusion pulls all these themes together, analyzes the common patterns that emerge, and suggests new directions for U.S foreign policy.

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