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This 8 page research paper/essay uses a concept developed by Cohen (1999), advanced marginalization," to aid in understanding the foreign policy analysis authored by Cohen (2005). Bibliography lists only these two sources.
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the US "stood alone at the pinnacle of world power" (Walt, 2005, p. 29). The past three presidential administration, that is, the administrations of George H.W. Bush, William Clinton
and George W. Bush, the focus of foreign policy has been on preserving or increasing "U.S. power and influence," preventing the "spread of weapons of mass destruction," liberalizing the
"world economy," and promoting the "core U.S. values of democracy and human rights" (Walt, 2005, p. 30). The focus of the following essay is to examine how Cathy Cohens
concept of "advanced marginalization," as defined in her text The Boundaries of Blackness, can aid in understanding the liberal thesis expounded by Stephen Walt in Taming American Power, The Global
Response to U.S. Primacy. Consideration of this topic will also consider the position of the U.S. government and implications that the spread of American ideals by force of arms entails.
First of all, the way in which Cohen defines "advanced marginalization" must be examined. Cohen argues that "advanced marginalization" pertains to at least a "symbolic opening in the dominant
society," as legalized forms of exclusion, such as segregation laws, have been removed (Cohen, 1999, p. 63). Furthermore, ideological myths that were once used to rationalize the "exclusion and oppression
of marginal communities" have altered, "at least publicly," so that they now focus on "inclusion and legitimization" of those members of the marginalized group who conform to "dominant norms" of
behavior (Cohen, 1999, p. 63). In other words, advanced marginalization describes the current state of race relations in the US and should be understood, at least from a cursory surface
perspective, as a progressive step forward towards the goal of eradicating injustice and societal inequalities (Cohen, 1999). However, Cohen (1999) also warns that beneath the surface of advanced marginalization,
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