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Dr. Łukasz Wordliczek's recent publication

Dr. Lukasz Worldliczek's book "Mechanisms of the continuation / change in foreign policy: the Case of the United States after World War II" is a part of the Momentum series.

Dr. Lukasz Worldliczek's book "Mechanisms of the continuation / change in foreign policy: the Case  of the United States after World War II" is a part of the Momentum series.

The author, using the paradigm of change as an explanatory tool, examines whether, and to what extent in the US postwar history¸ the change of presidents influenced the change in the US foreign policy and to what extent it just contributed to the change in rhetoric. No less important are the questions about the personalities capable of creating foreign policy. Does the election of a new president always translate into the change of the U.S. foreign policy? Is US foreign policy the result of a broader social consensus legitimized by electoral mechanisms? What does the election of a president mean for foreign policy? The author answers these questions using rich academic instrumentation, which allows him to go far beyond a description of facts, presidential public speeches, style and form of rhetoric. He explains what are the constant and changing elements of the U.S. foreign policies in certain periods of time, how deep were the changes, and which periods were marked by continuity and which by even radical changes of the US foreign policy strategies, goals or methods. The author implements the theory of change in his research which provides tools for thorough knowledge, understanding and explanation of this timeless phenomenon.

From review by Professor Teresa Łoś-Nowak, PhD   

Instiute of Political Science Warsaw University    

Dr. Lukasz Wordliczek - assistant professor at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University, PhD degree in Political Science, teaching activities (in Polish and English) cover issues of American and Polish political systems and the U.S. foreign policy. His research interests focus on mechanisms of political continuity and change, the separation of powers, the functioning of the political representation and the possibility of using quantitative methods. He is the author, editor or co-editor of six books, and the author of several articles and conference presentations in English and Polish.