Convention All Academic Convention is the premier solution for your association's abstract management solutions needs. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
Association: Name: American Political Science Association URL: http://www.apsanet.org
Citation: URL: http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p60645_index.html Direct Link: HTML Code:

Rae, Nicol. "Mixing Faith and Foreign Policy: The Moral Unilateralism of Presidents Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p60645_index.html>

Rae, N. , 2004-09-02 "Mixing Faith and Foreign Policy: The Moral Unilateralism of Presidents Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p60645_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: In presidential studies, presidential behavior is typically defined or explained in terms of political attitude, psychology, bargaining skills, managerial style, or behavior constrained in and by political time. As a society with the highest level of religiosity among advanced democracies and a rich tradition of religion mixing with politics, we should expect that religion might also influence the behavior and decision-making of certain American presidents. In this paper, with reference to two recent Presidents - Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush - it will be argued that Presidents’ personal religious beliefs can have a powerful influence over their actions and decisions. Specifically, the foreign policies of these two presidents will be examined and compared in terms of their attitudes on war and peace, the use of force, human rights, and the role or mission of the United States in the world. It will be argued that, while Carter and Bush had different policies on, for example, the use of force in international affairs, their essential behavior in foreign policy was similarly guided by their religious faith. Both presidents were unilateralists; convinced that they were on God’s side, doing what they believed the Bible commanded, and often perceived as approaching the international community in absolutist - “you are with us or against us” – terms. This created obvious problems for American diplomacy during both presidencies. Moreover, Presidents whose conduct in office is guided by religion also tend to be polarizing leaders at home, evoking responses of both admiration and contempt from the general public.

Morality in Foreign Policy: A Comparison Between the Administrations of President Jimmy Carter and President George W. Bush

The Modern Rhetorical Presidency Reconsidered: Policy Proposal and Advocacy in Presidential State of the Union Addresses from Washington to George W. Bush

Energy Policy, Presidential Agenda Setting and the Public: From Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush