A influência do lobby judeu pró-Israel como grupo de interesse étnico na política estadunidense

• Autor(a) principal: Pscheidt, Davi Hinghaus
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/16780
• topic: Palavras-chave: Lobby. Grupos de Interesse Étnicos. Lobby judeu pró-Israel.

Currently, several authors of International Relations and Political Sciences admit the need to look at foreign policy as a result of domestic political disputes, and therefore, the various interest groups certainly have a regular and important role in this equation. Among the various subgenres and fields of activity of the so-called Interest Groups or Pressure Groups, there are those defined by some authors as Ethnic Interest Groups. Due to these varied groups, it is plausible to affirm that the complex internal process that determines the guidelines of the States in relation to their foreign policy is the hot topic theme in International Relations. The curiosity in seeking a more in-depth and empirical knowledge on this subject was the first step and the main reason that drove this undergraduate thesis research. That said, many interest groups were born together with the United States, or perhaps, isn’t extreme wrong to say that the United States flourished as an independent nation from the English domain due to conflicts of interest between American traders and the British crown and consequently the organized action of these firsts for independence. This captivating suspicion marked the second step in the delimitation of research, which was to choose a specific location to investigate the activities of organized interest groups. Finally, the discovery of concepts that already exist in the bibliography of International Relations and Political Sciences regarding ethnic lobbies, and the identification in previous research of countless organizations working in favor of the Jewish and pro-Israel community, ended up shaping the delimitation of research: the role of the pro-Israel Jewish community in American politics. This undergraduate thesis, therefore, intends to bring to the debate the issue of interest groups and the presence of lobbyists in the American political structure, with a focus on ethnic groups - politically organized - of pro-Israel Jews. The United States was the first country in the world to enact a lobby control law. This is because these groups seek to interfere directly in laws and government projects that affect them, both in domestic and foreign policy, which characterizes the research problem. Having defined the theme and its delimitation, the three specific objectives defined to guide the research were: To present the theoretical concepts about interest groups, pressure groups and lobbying; To describe the operation of the Israeli lobby within the United States; To discuss the reasons why these organized groups of Jews maintain the practice of pro-Israel lobbying within the United States. The hypothesis to be tested is that a substantial part of the members of groups organized by pro-Israel Jews understand that defending Israel is like defending the Jewish flag. Based on this, the research consists of a case study of a hypothetical-deductive approach with quantitative and qualitative data based on the research technique of bibliographic and documentary review. Keywords: Lobby. Ethnic Interest Groups. Jewish pro-Israel lobby.