Defending the National Interest: Raw Materials Investments and U.S. Foreign Policy
- ISBN-10
- 0691021821
- ISBN-13
- 9780691021829
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 404
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978-11-21
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Authors
- Stephen D. Krasner, Harvard University. Center for International Affairs
Description
The book's basic analytic assumption is that there is a distinction between state and society. "Defending the National Interest" shows that the problem for political analysis is how to identify the underlying social structure and the political mechanisms through which particular societal groups determine the government's behavior.
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