American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear - Threat Inflation Since 9/11

Informationen zum Autor Trevor Thrall is Assistant Professor of Political Science and directs the Master of Public Policy program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Jane Kellett Cramer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. Klappentext This edited volume examines threat inflation, and its role in framing US foreign and security policy since 9/11. Zusammenfassung This edited volume examines threat inflation, and its role in framing US foreign and security policy since 9/11. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Threat Inflation and International Politics Stephen Van Evera. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Understanding Threat Inflation Jane K. Cramer and A. Trevor Thrall 2. Understanding Beliefs and Threat Inflation Robert Jervis 3. Imperial Myths and Threat Inflation Jack Snyder 4. Estimating Threats: The Impact and Interaction of Identity and Power David Rousseau and Rocio Garcia-Retamero 5. Hawkish Biases Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon 6. Threat Inflation and the Failure of the Marketplace of Ideas: Selling the Iraq War Chaim Kaufmann 7. The Sound of Silence: Rhetorical Coercion, Democratic Acquiescence, and the Iraq War Ronald R. Krebs and Jennifer Lobasz 8. Militarized Patriotism and the Success of Threat Inflation Jane K. Cramer 9. The War Over Iraq: Selling War to the American Public Jon Western 10. Framing Iraq: Threat Inflation in the Marketplace of Values A. Trevor Thrall 11. Inflating Terrorism John E. Mueller 12. Perception and Power in Counter-terrorism: Assessing the American Response to Al Qaeda before September 11 Benjamin H. Friedman

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• Autori: A. Trevor (Cato Institute Thrall, A. Trevor (University of Michigan Thrall, A. Trevor Cramer Thrall, Trevor A. Thrall, THRALL A TREVOR CRAMER JANE K, A. Thrall Trevor
• Con la collaborazione di: Jane K Cramer (Editore), Jane K. Cramer (Editore), Jane K. (University of Oregon Cramer (Editore), Cramer Jane K. (Editore), A Trevor Thrall (Editore), A. Trevor Thrall (Editore), A. Trevor (University of Michigan Thrall (Editore), Thrall A. Trevor (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780415777681
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77768-1
• Pagine: 254
• Serie: Routledge Global Security Studies; Routledge Global Security Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, United States of America, USA