Beteiligte: | , |
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In: | Journal of Language and Politics, 6, 2007, 3, S. 303-325 |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 303-325 |
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ISSN: |
1569-2159
1569-9862 |
DOI: | 10.1075/jlp.6.3.03edw |
veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Language and Politics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Schlagwörter: | |
Kollektion: | John Benjamins Publishing Company (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>This essay explores the composition of United States post-Cold War foreign policy rhetoric under President Bill Clinton. We contend that Bill Clinton offered a coherent and comprehensive foreign policy narrative for the direction of U.S. foreign policy discourse in the post-Cold War world. Specifically, we analyze the “new partnership” narrative that Clinton articulated in his 1998 trip to Africa as a representative anecdote for the larger body of his foreign policy discourse. This “new partnership” narrative was structured by three narrative themes: (1) America’s role as world leader; (2) reconstituting the threat environment; (3) democracy promotion as the strategy for American foreign policy. These three themes can be found throughout Clinton’s foreign policy rhetoric and serve as the basis for a foreign policy narrative used by Clinton, and perhaps, future administrations.</jats:p> |