Diversity and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Reader

As the public face of America has changed, so has its foreign policy. Diversity and US Foreign Policy: A Reader goes beyond the traditional texts - that focus on foreign policy only as a contest between super-powers - to grapple with multiculturalism in America and multi-polarism in the international state. This volume brings together the best and most recent work on the domestic causes of American foreign policy. The articles meet at the intersection of two critical phenomena: the expansion of politically relevant diversity within the US population and the simultaneous expansion of political and economic power of diverse nations globally. Essays examine multiculturalism and foreign policy in general, along with European, Latino, Asian, Jewish, African and Arab-Americans and their relationship to US foreign policy making.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Framing the Discussion of Globalization, Diversity, and U.S. International Affairs Part 1 SECTION 1 Growing Demographic Diversity in U.S. Society 1 Global Workforce 2000: The New World Labor Market 2 Travels into America’s Future 3 The New Face of America: Blended Races Making a True Melting Pot SECTION 2 Political and Economic Diversity in the Global System 4 Don’t Neglect the Impoverished South 5 The Dangers of Decadence: What the Rest Can Teach the West SECTION 3 The Changing Face of America’s International Affairs 6 Grassroots Policymaking: Say Good-Bye to the “Wise Men” 7 Diversity in U.S. Foreign Policymaking: The Dilemma Endures 8 The FSO of Tomorrow 9 A House Divided: Racism at the State Department SECTION 4 The Politics of Multiculturalism in International Affairs 10 The Erosion of American National Interest: The Disintegration of Identity 11 Multicultural Foreign Policy 12 All Politics Are Global: Interest Groups and the Making of Foreign Policy 13 Getting Uncle Sam’s Ear: Will Ethnic Lobbies Cramp America’s Foreign Policy Style? Part 2 SECTION 5 Hispanic Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy 14 The Keenest Recruits to the Dream: Four Centuries After Spanish-Speakers Settled in What Is Now the United States, How Close Have Latinos Come to Making Their Presence Felt? 15 Family Ties and Ethnic Lobbies: Latino Relations with Latin America 16 International Interests and Foreign Policy Priorities of Mexican Americans 17 Dateline Washington: Cuban American Clout 18 Here to Stay: The Domestic and International Priorities of Latino Leaders SECTION 6 Asian Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy 19 Bridges Across Continents: South Asians in the United States 20 Slanted: Racial Prejudice is Part of What Fueled the Clinton Campaign Scandal SECTION 7 Jewish Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy 21 The Genesis of the Special Relationship Between the United States and Israel, 1948–1973 SECTION 8 Arab Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, and U.S. Foreign Policy 22 Local Politics Is Global, as Hill Turns to Armenia 23 American Foreign Policy in the Middle East and Its Impact on the Identity of Arab Muslims in the United States 24 How to Define a Muslim American Agenda 25 Arab and Muslim America: A Snapshot SECTION 9 African Americans and U.S. Foreign Policy 26 Citizen Diplomacy and Jesse Jackson: A Case Study for Influencing U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Southern Africa 27 African American Perspectives on Foreign Policy 28 The African Growth and Opportunity Act: Changing Foreign Policy Priorities Toward Africa in a Conservative Political Culture Part 3 SECTION 10 Human Rights and Gender in U.S. Foreign Policy 29 Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy: The Rhetoric and the Practice30 Gender and the Foreign Policy Institutions SECTION 11 The Impact of 9-11 31 Bowling Together 32 Politics After September 33 Liberal Democracy vs. Transnational Progressivism: The Ideological War Within the West SECTION 12 Conclusion Double Diversity: The Intersection of Big Changes at Home and Abroad

About the Author :
Ernest J. Wilson, III is the Director of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland, where he also teaches in the Government and Politics and African American Studies Program. He lives in College Park, Maryland.