Ethnic groups and U.S. foreign policy: An analysis on the African American influence on congressional foreign policy initiatives toward South Africa, 1992

Okumu, Frederick W.

1990-1999

The general thrust of this research was to determine to what degree and how ethnic groups in the United States influence Congressional foreign policy-making process. To do this, the research focused on the African-Americans' influence on Congressional foreign policy initiatives toward South Africa. Specifically, the research determined, measured, and analyzed the statistical significance between the African-American policy preference and in-puts, and the Congressional roll-call votes on the Anti-Apartheid legislations of 1985 and 1986. In summary, this research followed this pattern: (a) We first looked at the group under study by identifying its interests and policy preferences; (b) We described the linkages between the group and the policy makers; (c) We analyzed the decision making process and activities of the group in attempting to affect that process; (d) We described the decision/policy output and compared it to the interests and policy preferences of the African-Americans; {e) We also described and analyzed other factors which might have influenced the policy output; and (f) We concluded that the African-Americans influenced Congressional foreign policy initiatives toward South Africa.

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1992-07-01

dissertation

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Clark Atlanta University

Political Science

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1992_okumu_frederick_w