1st Edition

Promoting Democracy Abroad Policy and Performance

By Peter Burnell Copyright 2011
337 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

337 Pages
by Routledge

Promoting democracy has grown from a small, little- known activity to a high-profile endeavor. It now involves academia, think tanks, and the popular media. The number of countries and organizations, inter-governmental, non-governmental, as well as governmental involved in supporting the spread of democracy is now legion. Countries touched by these efforts include a majority of all the world's... Read more
1: Promoting Democracy Abroad: Introduction; 2: The Domestic Political Impact of Foreign Aid: Recalibrating the Research Agenda; 3: Democracy Promotion: The Elusive Quest for Grand Strategies; 4: Political Strategies of External Support for Democratization; 5: Autocratic Opening to Democracy: Why Legitimacy MattersAutocratic Opening to Democracy: Why Legitimacy Matters; 6: Does International Democracy Promotion Work?; 7: From Evaluating Democracy Assistance to Appraising Democracy Promotion; 8: International Democracy Promotion: A Role for Public Goods Theory?; 9: Legislative Strengthening Meets Party Support in International Assistance: A Closer Relationship?; 10: Promoting Democracy Backwards?; 11: Is There a New Autocracy Promotion?; 12: Promoting Democracy and Promoting Autocracy:Towards a Comparative Evaluation; 13: Conclusion: The Future of Democracy Promotion

Biography

Peter Burnell