A Study Of Smith-Mundt Act And It’s Amendments

The paper is to research "Smith-Mundt Act" and It’s Amendments. Smith-Mundt Act, Namely United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948. The Act give significant impacts on U.S. foreign information, educational and cultural exchanges, not only historically, but also recently. Therefore, the topic has big historical research value and important practical significance.The paper will analysis and understand the issues of American public foreign policy and cultural foreign policy in the basis of "Smith-Mundt Act" and it’s amendments come on. Foreign education and cultural exchange is one of important contents of American foreign policy, and the policy has gotten good results and achievements, but, the law has have many trouble, such as the issue of visiting scholars in the United States immigrate America must after leave the country for two years znd the information propagandized by US agencies in other countries cannot spread in USA. The paper will research the issus.The preface will introduce the topic of basis, the value of discipline and reality significance, the research status quo in demastic and abroad circles, the research method and procedure, feasibility analysis etc.The first chapter will introduce the historical background of the act including early stage of U.S., with Latin American countries, and before and after the Second World War the agencies of U.S. activities of information, educational and cultural exchanges and its influence to the coming of the act. The second chapter will analysis the coming process of the act and its contents and the analyssis of the author.The third chapter will give the several amendments of the act including 1956,1961,1972,1985,1990 and 2012. The chapter will also explain the contents of the amends and including the materials of distribution abroad can’t be disseminated in America inside, the President’s powers, and the immigration issues. The fourth chapter will be evaluate the act and including the principle of the act, education should be regarded as the foundation, congressional lageslation, advisory system and no-govermental organizations.The conclution of the paper will analysis why "Smith-Mundt Act" Amendments come on and the amendments has any influence to American foreign policy.The appendix is the text of Smith-Mundt Act in English and Chinese.