Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-206) and index.
Contents:
Determining factors in the making of the US Darfur policy conclusions. A policy-opinion nexus: legitimating inaction on genocide? -- Words versus deeds in America's relationship with genocide -- Domestic responses to genocide: public opinion versus public behaviour -- America and the first genocide of the twenty-first century -- Determining factors in the making of the US Darfur policy conclusions.
Summary:
"Why do we allow our governments to get away with "bystanding" to genocide? How can we, when alerted to the mass slaughter of innocents, still not take a stand? Reluctant Interveners provides the most comprehensive answers yet to these confronting questions, focusing on the complex relationships between the citizenry, the media, the political elites, and institutions in the most powerful nation in the world, the United States of America. Eyal Mayroz offers a sobering account of the interactions between the governing and the governed, and the dynamics which transformed moral concerns for the lives of faraway "others" into cold political calculations. Exposed are the processes that turned the promise of "never again" to a recurring reality of ever again, the role of the office of the presidency in their advancement, and the resultant image of America as seen by the rest of the world. In a time of ubiquitous social media and populist revival, a greater role for the U.S. citizenry in decision-making on responses to genocide may be in the cards. The question is, in which directions will these trends take American foreign policy?"-- Provided by publisher.
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