Hassan, Oz. (2008) Bush's freedom agenda : ideology and the democratization of the Middle East. Democracy and Security, Vol.4 (No.3). pp. 268-289. ISSN 1741-9166

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Abstract

To combat terrorism the Bush administration has asserted the need to reject the status quo in the Middle East and North Africa. Consequently the United States has pursued the freedom agenda, in the belief that a liberal grand strategy serves America's national interest. Yet this policy is based on a highly ideological justification, which is rationalized by appeals to hegemonic stability theory, democratic peace theory, neoliberal economics, and modernization thesis, the product of which is a policy of conservative radicalism that has increasingly been undermined because of the administration's ideological blind-spots and structural restraints in US-MENA relations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, Neoliberalism -- United States, United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century, Democratization -- Middle East, Ideology -- United States, Radicalism, Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views
Journal or Publication Title:	Democracy and Security
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Inc.
ISSN:	1741-9166
Date:	September 2008
Volume:	Vol.4
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 268-289
Identification Number:	10.1080/17419160802473430
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/36946

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