Foreign policy, inc. : privatizing America's national interest /

Elected officials, and especially presidential candidates, increasingly are asked to define their relationships to special interest groups. Such special, or private, interests play a disproportionate role in politics and legislation, whether in the form of large commercial or ethnic lobbies or in th...

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Main Author: Davidson, Lawrence, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Popular Disregard for Foreign Policy; 2. Formulating Foreign Policy in a Factocracy; 3. The Factocracy Diversifies; 4. Privatizing National Interest--the Cuba Lobby; 5. Privatizing National Interest--the Israel Lobby; 6. Is There a National Interest?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.