War, Welfare & Democracy: Rethinking America's Quest for the End of History - Hardcover

Munson, Peter J.

 
9781612345390: War, Welfare & Democracy: Rethinking America's Quest for the End of History
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1612345395 ISBN 13: 9781612345390
Verlag: Potomac Books Inc, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

American foreign policy since World War II has actively sought to reshape both domestic and international orders, hoping to hasten the coming of the “end of history” in a peaceful democratic utopia. While the end of the Cold War heightened optimism that this goal was near, American foreign policymakers still face dramatic challenges. In War, Welfare & Democracy, Peter Munson argues that the problems we face today stem from common roots—the modern state system’s struggle to cope with the pressures of market development and sociopolitical modernization. America’s policies seek to treat challenges as varied as insurgency, organized crime, fiscal crises, immigration pressures, authoritarianism, and violations of human rights with a schizophrenic mix of realpolitik and idealism. The ideologies that inform this policy outlook were born during the Great Depression and two world wars and honed during the early years of the Cold War. Although the world has long since changed, American policy has failed to adjust. The crisis of the world’s leading welfare states compounds this inflexibility. By addressing the inequality of wealth, security, and stability brought on by dramatic economic change and modernization, Munson describes how America can lead in reforming the welfare state paradigm and adjust its antiquated policies to best manage the transformation we must face.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter J. Munson is a Senior Vice President for Preventive Services and Global Crisis Management at Citigroup. He previously served as a Marine officer, retiring in 2013. He deployed on numerous operational and combat tours in the Middle East and holds a master of arts in national security affairs with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a contributor to numerous journals and blogs and served as the Editor of the Small Wars Journal. Proficient in Arabic, he lived in Muscat, Oman, for a year and traveled the Middle East extensively. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he currently resides in Tampa, Florida with his family.

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Verlag
Potomac Books Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1612345395
ISBN 13 
9781612345390
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Anzahl der Seiten
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