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The Ideological Foundations of American Foreign Policy: John Lock's liberalism
Kárník, Jan ; Franěk, Jakub (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
Main focus of this bachelor thesis is the influence of John Locke's political theory on American foreign policy. Its aim is to reveal the colonial context of Locke's theory and link it with American exceptionalism and also to identify some features of Locke's theory with the "War on Terror" and the so-called "Bush Doctrine". Two dichotomies typical of American foreign policy studies are being examined, realism-idealism and isolationism-expansionism. To understand them better, the thesis examines briefly the history of the early American republic with an emphasis on the so-called Monroe Doctrine. In conclusion, the author states that the tradition of American foreign policy is rather expansionist and unilateralist then isolationist and that it is hard to place it clearly in the realism-idealism dichotomy. Locke's political theory is found at the core of American exceptionalism and idealism and some features of Locke' theory are found in the "War on Terror" and in the "Bush doctrine". At the end it is argued, that it is necessary to keep in mind the eurocentrism of Locke's theory and the ideological nature of American exceptionalism when studying American foreign policy.
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Manifest Destiny and Its Impact on Imperialism of the United States of America at the End of the 19th and Early 20th Century
Voborníková, Pavla ; Koura, Jan (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This bachelor thesis Manifest destiny and its influence on American imperialism in the late 19th century and early 20th century, is on the foreign policy of the United States during Progressivism, an era in which the country was going through crucial internal changes. The study focuses on Presidents William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft and Woodrow Wilson. McKinley administration was included in the research since he launched the American-Spanish war and that was the beginning of a greater American involvement abroad. The work does not only analyze an impact of manifest destiny on the foreign policy of that time, it also deals with the internal crisis because it is seen as one reason why American politicians abandoned the policy of isolationism. Another important influence in American imperialism was racism. The Americans considered some nations as children who need to be raised. This issue is included in the study as well. The goal of this work is to answer the question whether manifest destiny had a greater influence on expansion than desire to find new markets for American products. Indeed, many historians believe that the economic reasons led to the colonialism rather than the ideals of spreading democracy in the world. The study also researches the development of Manifest Destiny...
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The Ideological Foundations of American Foreign Policy: John Lock's liberalism
Kárník, Jan ; Franěk, Jakub (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
Main focus of this bachelor thesis is the influence of John Locke's political theory on American foreign policy. Its aim is to reveal the colonial context of Locke's theory and link it with American exceptionalism and also to identify some features of Locke's theory with the "War on Terror" and the so-called "Bush Doctrine". Two dichotomies typical of American foreign policy studies are being examined, realism-idealism and isolationism-expansionism. To understand them better, the thesis examines briefly the history of the early American republic with an emphasis on the so-called Monroe Doctrine. In conclusion, the author states that the tradition of American foreign policy is rather expansionist and unilateralist then isolationist and that it is hard to place it clearly in the realism-idealism dichotomy. Locke's political theory is found at the core of American exceptionalism and idealism and some features of Locke' theory are found in the "War on Terror" and in the "Bush doctrine". At the end it is argued, that it is necessary to keep in mind the eurocentrism of Locke's theory and the ideological nature of American exceptionalism when studying American foreign policy.
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