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.

Advocating for the Muslim Ummah

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-142
Author(s):  
Emily Cury
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
The United States ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Muslim American ◽  
American Interest ◽  
The Us

This chapter provides answers to the important question on why Muslim American interest groups continue to lobby on issues related to US foreign policy following 9/11. It describes the US Muslim organizations' foreign policy activism that contradict their interests and fuel perceptions of Muslims as outsiders concerned with the interests of other nations. It also shows how foreign policy activism is seen as a means through which US Muslim organizations communicate their belongingness to America. The chapter talks about the Muslims in the United States who say they feel a strong sense of belonging to the ummah, the global Muslim community. It explains that for Muslims the sense of belonging can be to a country of origin, but it is mostly to the larger, global Muslim community and to the religious symbols of Islam.

American Foreign Policy in Korea and Vietnam: Comparative Case Studies

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Jin Park
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Foreign Policy ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comparative Case Studies

So much has been written in the past few decades about the United States involvement in the Korean and Vietnamese wars that it is difficult to move beyond the usual arguments and the rather skewed assumptions on which they rest. However, the need for fresh and serious review of these matters is essential to understand the new era of multipolar politics now dawning. The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to ascertain persistent patterns of the underlying rationale of the politics of American involvement in Asia; second, to critically analyze United States foreign policy in Korea and Vietnam during the war periods of 1950–53 and 1961–73.

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