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American democratic interventionism: romancing the iconic Woodrow Wilson / Anthony, Constance G

Anthony, Constance G	Journal Article
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2008.

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There is an American foreign policy tradition in respect to military interventions in the Third World, which validates the importance of democratic ideals as central to the success of the policy. Woodrow Wilson is the founding father of this tradition. While the normative commitments of Wilson made sense in Victorian America and can probably be considered innovative for his day, the manifest lack of success in transferring democracy through military intervention leads us to question the character of Wilson's interventions and the ideals that motivated them. This essay will consider the content of Wilson's democratic theory and its integration into ideals of national mission and destiny; how this became the philosophical basis for policies of military intervention; the assessments offered by historians of the success of this policy; and the role of racial paternalism in legitimating the policy at the time. In a contemporary respect, we are left with the question of whether we want such a philosophy of democratic interventionism to be the basis for transferring democratic values and practices to Third World countries today.

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Wilsonian Military Intervention ; Democratic Ideals and Foreign Policy ; North-South Relation ; North–South Relation

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Schizophrenic neocolonialism: exporting the American culture war on sexuality to Africa / Anthony, Constance G

Anthony, Constance G	Journal Article
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US foreign policy on AIDS assistance in Africa has gone through many shifts in resource investment and focus, reflecting the politics of the culture war in the United States. Because AIDS cannot be addressed without consideration of sexuality, these shifts have resulted in very different sets of recommendations in African countries on sexual behavior and values. Because they are dependent on the United States for material and technological resources, African countries have been incorporated into this cultural debate as a form of sexual and cultural neocolonialism.

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Human Rights ; Neocolonialism ; Sexuality ; US Foreign Policy ; LGBTQ ; African Aids Crisis

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