Congress and China Policy: Past Episodic, Recent Enduring Influence (Sutter Robert G.)(Pevná vazba)

Congress and China Policy: Past Episodic, Recent Enduring Influence supports findings that bipartisan majorities in Congress have been instrumental in driving the fundamental shift in American policy toward China carried out during the past six years. Filling major gaps in the inadequate treatment of Congress in assessments of US policy toward China, this book compares recent Congressional influence with the episodes of Congressional activism in China policy over the past 200 years, showing Congress recently has been more important than ever. The findings also show that partisan politics, Congressional-executive competition for policy control, swings in public and media opinion, and influences by special interests--longstanding drivers of past Congressional involvement in China policy--have been of secondary or lesser importance as the Congressional members have grappled with the
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