1st Edition

Democracy Promotion as US Foreign Policy Bill Clinton and Democratic Enlargement

By Nicolas Bouchet Copyright 2015
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The role of democracy promotion in US foreign policy has increased considerably in the last three decades, booming especially in the immediate years after the end of the Cold War. The rise of democracy promotion originated in a long historical tradition that saw exporting American political values as instrumental in securing US security and economic interests, an idea which was expressed freely... Read more

Introduction 1. The roots and influence of democratic enlargement 2. Institutionalizing democracy promotion 3. Operationalizing democracy promotion 4. Democratic enlargement in Eurasia and Eastern Europe  5. Democratic enlargement in the rest of the world 6. The rewards of democratic enlargement Conclusion

Biography

Nicolas Bouchet TAPIR Research Fellow, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich