Interest Groups and the Shaping of Foreign Policy: Four Case Studies of United States African Policy. By F. Chidozie Ogene. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Pp. 224. $27.50.)

1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 882-883
Author(s):  
Richard Dale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Case Studies

Interest Groups and the Shaping of Foreign Policy: Four Case Studies of United States African Policy

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1213
Author(s):  
Jennifer Seymour Whitaker ◽  
F. Chidozie Ogene
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Case Studies

scholarly journals Diasporic Foreign Policy Interest Groups in the United States: Democracy, Conflict, and Political Entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Shubha Kamala Prasad ◽  
Filip Savatic
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Indian American ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Political Entrepreneurs ◽  
Do So ◽  
Policy Interest

Why do some immigrant diasporas in the United States (U.S.) establish foreign policy interest groups while others do not? While scholars have demonstrated that diasporic interest groups often successfully influence U.S. foreign policy, we take a step back to ask why only certain diasporas attempt to do so in the first place. We argue that two factors increase the likelihood of diaspora mobilization: a community’s experience with democratic governance and conflict in its country of origin. We posit that these conditions make it more likely that political entrepreneurs emerge to serve as catalysts for top-down mobilization. To test our hypotheses, we collect and analyze novel data on diasporic interest groups as well as the characteristics of their respective countries of origin. In turn, we conduct the first in-depth case studies of the historical and contemporary Indian-American lobbies, using original archival and interview evidence.

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