دانلود کتاب The United States and the World: From Imitation to Challenge

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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