Pakin, Esra2016-01-082016-01-082008http://hdl.handle.net/11693/14810Ankara : The Department of International Relations and the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University, 2008.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Bilkent University, 2008.Includes bibliographical references leaves 219-230.This dissertation is a historical-comparative analysis of the rhetorical forms and frames that have shaped United States-Haitian relations, departing from the predominantly action-oriented perspective of international relations literature. The study expounds continuity and change in official foreign policy discourse as “The United States” and “Haiti” were reinterpreted through time. It also displays how these constructions of “self” and “other” have been contested within the public and political domain. This work is a contribution not only for its elaboration on the mostly unattended public, press and congressional critique of Haitian policy, but also for shedding further light on the role of African Americans in U.S. foreign policy making.vii, 232 leaves, mapsEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessThe United StatesHaitiDiscourseForeign policyRhetoricImmigrationInterventionE183.8.H2 P35 2008ThesisBILKUTUPB111386