Bastiaan Van Apeldoorn, Naná de Graaff

American Grand Strategy and Corporate Elite Networks

The Open Door since the End of the Cold War

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a novel analysis of how US grand strategy has evolved from the end of the Cold War to the present, offering an integrated analysis of both continuity and change. On the one hand the post-Cold War American grand strategy has continued to be oriented to what the authors argue has been its overarching aim throughout much of the 20th century, that is, securing an 'open door' to US capital around the globe. On the other hand this book will show that the three different administrations that have been in office in the post-Cold War era have pursued this goal with varying means: from Clinton's promotion of neoliberal globalization and global governance to Bush's 'war on terror' and Obama's search to maintain US primacy in the face of a declining economy and a rising Asia. In seeking to make sense of both these strong continuities and these significant variations the book takes as its point of departure the social sources of grand strategy (making), with the aim to relate state (public) power to social (private) power. The focus of the analysis therefore is on grand strategy makers and the social networks into which they are embedded, but also places their agency in a structural context that is both domestic and global. While developing its own theoretical framework to make sense of the evolution of US grand strategy, the book offers a rich and rigorous empirical analysis based on extensive primary data that have been collected over the past years. In particular, the book draws on a unique data-set that consists of extensive biographical data of 30 cabinet members and other senior foreign policy officials of each of the past three administrations of Clinton, G.W. Bush and Obama. Using Social Network Analysis (SNA) in conjunction with more historical, process-tracing, qualitative analysis - the book presents a comprehensive picture of the social networks linking US grand strategy-makers to broader social forces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780415844987
• ISBN-10: 0415844983
• Artikelnr.: 39594560

Autorenporträt

Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is Associate Professor of International Relations at the VU University Amsterdam. Naná de Graaff is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Department of Political Science, at VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Social Sources of American Grand Strategy The Puzzle of
Continuity and Change in U.S. Grand Strategy. The Contribution from Elite
Studies and Class Analysis. A Critical Political Economy Approach to Grand
Strategy Analysis 2. Three Waves of Non-territorial Expansionism: American
Grand Strategy from the Civil War to the Cold War Capitalist Expansionism
and Expansionist Foreign Policy. From Territorial Expansionism to the First
Wave of Open Door Imperialism. The Second Wave: The Great Depression and
the Pax Americana. The Third Wave: The 1970s Crisis and U.S.-Centered
Neoliberal Globalization. The Ends and Means of Open Door Imperialism 3.
America's Post- Cold War Grand-Strategy Makers and Corporate Elite Networks
The Role of Corporate Elite Networks in Grand Strategy Formations.
Analyzing Social Networks of Grand-strategy Makers: Data and Method.
Governmental Career Paths of post-Cold War Grand-strategy Makers. Corporate
Affiliations of the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations. The Shared
Policy-Planning Network. Conclusion 4. American Grand Strategy after the
Cold War: Clinton's Grand Strategy Makers and Neoliberal Globalization
Clinton's Grand-strategy Makers. The Global Context: The End of the Cold
War as an Opportunity for Expansionism. The Open Door Worldview under
Clinton : Expansionism under the Banner of Globalization. A Grand Strategy
of Neoliberal Globalization: Financial Markets, Free Trade and Airstrikes.
Conclusion 5. American Grand Strategy after September 11: Bush's
Grand-Strategy Makers and the Neoconservative Shift Bush's Grand-Strategy
Makers. The Neoconservative Response to a "Squandered Decade": Context and
Discourse. The Open Door Worldview under Bush: The Neoconservative Shift. A
Neoconservative Grand Strategy: The War on Terror, Regime Change and
Unyielding Neoliberalism. Conclusion 6. American Grand Strategy after the
Global Financial Crisis: Obama's Grand Strategy-Makers and Imperial
Restoration Obama's Grand-Strategy Makers. The Global Context: Eroding
Legitimacy, Power Shifts and the Financial Crisis. The Open Door Worldview
under Obama: Renewing American Leadership. A Grand Strategy of Imperial
Restoration: Maintaining the Open Door from the Asia Pivot to the Drone
Wars. Conclusion Conclusion