2019 Research in the Capitol
Can Human Rights be Ignored for a Price? An Analysis of Lobbying Power and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Human Rights [Poster]
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)
Keywords
Lobbying--United States; Human rights; United States--Foreign relations;
Abstract
This thesis analyzes the incredible growth that lobbying industry in the United States has experienced in the past forty years. In particular, the thesis explorers how foreign states have utilized this industry to influence U.S. governmental policy towards their own governments, despite evidence of massive human rights violations. This thesis, through several case studies, makes the argument that the U.S. federal government should impose tighter regulations on lobbying in the U.S. by these human rights abusing states. The case studies include UNITA fighters in Angola throughout the 1980's, the delinking of human rights and trade between the U.S. and China in the 1990's, and Saudi Arabia's U.S. backed involvement in Yemen currently. These case studies demonstrate how lobbying has enabled these foreign actors to continue their human rights abuses, despite criticisms in the U.S.
Start Date
1-4-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
1-4-2019 2:30 PM
Event Host
University Honors Programs, Iowa Regent Universities
Faculty Advisor
Kenneth Basom
Department
Department of History
Copyright
©2019 Collin Lint
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Lint, Collin, "Can Human Rights be Ignored for a Price? An Analysis of Lobbying Power and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Human Rights [Poster]" (2019). Research in the Capitol. 17.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/rcapitol/2019/all/17
Can Human Rights be Ignored for a Price? An Analysis of Lobbying Power and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Human Rights [Poster]
This thesis analyzes the incredible growth that lobbying industry in the United States has experienced in the past forty years. In particular, the thesis explorers how foreign states have utilized this industry to influence U.S. governmental policy towards their own governments, despite evidence of massive human rights violations. This thesis, through several case studies, makes the argument that the U.S. federal government should impose tighter regulations on lobbying in the U.S. by these human rights abusing states. The case studies include UNITA fighters in Angola throughout the 1980's, the delinking of human rights and trade between the U.S. and China in the 1990's, and Saudi Arabia's U.S. backed involvement in Yemen currently. These case studies demonstrate how lobbying has enabled these foreign actors to continue their human rights abuses, despite criticisms in the U.S.
