Rostow, Kennedy, and the rhetoric of foreign aid /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pearce, Kimber Charles, 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2001]
Series:	Rhetoric and public affairs series.
Subjects:	Economic assistance, American. Economic development. United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961. Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963. Rostow, W. W. > (Walt Whitman), > 1916-2003.

Table of Contents:

From the academy to the White House : Rostow, foreign aid, and social scientific advocacy. 1916-50 the early years. 1951-59 the CENIS years. 1960-68 Rostow and the rise and fall of the Alliance for Progress
Theory, countertheory, and Rostow's pursuit of academic novelty : the process of economic growth. The process of economic growth in the intellectual and political contexts of Cold War modernization. Rostow contra Marx. Human motivation in Rostovian theory. Narrating the propensities for economic growth. The paradigm case of the British industrial revolution
Ideas in action : a proposal : key to an effective foreign policy. The Princeton Inn Conference of 1954 : rhetorical invention in foreign aid policy. From the Princeton Inn proposal to the Millikan-Rostow thesis : keeping up the fight. Modeling democracy : the "diffusion of power" and development aid policy. "Peaceful revolution" and the stages of economic growth
Narrative reason in Rostow's stages of economic growth : a non-communist manifesto. Responses to the stages of economic growth. The frame narrative of The stages of economic growth. Embedded narratives in The stages of economic growth : the dynamics of Cold War modernization. The embedded narrative of human motivation. The embedded narrative of the "Buddenbrooks" analogy
Advocating the Alliance for Progress : Rostow, Kennedy, and the rhetoric of peaceful revolution. Mobilizing the Alliance for Progress, 1961. Kennedy's rhetorical campaign for the alliance : sequence of speeches, 1961. Inaugural address, 20 January 1961. Annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union, 30 January 1961. Address at a White House reception for members of the Congress and for the Diplomatic Corps of the Latin American Republics, 13 March 1961. Special message to the Congress on foreign aid, 22 March 1961
From Punta del Este and back : the alliance fades. The first Punta del Este meeting, 1961. Return to Punta del Este : the alliance during the Johnson years. Conclusion.