1st Edition
The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion
Introduction: The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki Part I: Orientations 1. On "Cultivating" Democracy: Enlivening the Imagery for Democracy Promotion Laurence Whitehead 2. Conceptualizing Democratization and Democratizing Conceptualization: A Virtuous Circle Piki Ish Shalom 3. Liberalism and Democracy Promotion Beate Jahn 4. The Past and Future of Social Democracy and the Consequences for Democracy Promotion Sheri Berman 5. Democracy Promotion: Neoliberal vs. Social Democratic Telos Heikki Patomäki 6. Misunderstanding the Maladies of Liberal Democracy Promotion Richard Youngs Part II: Cases 7. The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion in Bolivia Jonas Wolff 8. Liberal Democracy Promotion and Civil Society Strengthening in Ghana Gordon Crawford and Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai 9. Concepts of Democracy among Donors and Recipients of Democracy Promotion: An Empirical Pilot Study Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik 10. Arab Democratization and the De-imagining of Authoritarian Community: Beyond Orientalism & Occidentalism Larbi Sadiki 11. The Conceptual Politics of Democracy in International Law Hilary Charlesworth 12. From ‘Fortunate Vagueness’ to ‘Democratic Globalism’: American Democracy Promotion as Imperialism Tony Smith Conclusion: Reflections on a New Approach in a New Era of Democracy Promotion Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki
Biography
Christopher Hobson is a Research Associate in the Peace and Security section, Institute for Sustainability and Peace, United Nations University.
Milja Kurki is a Lecturer in International Relations Theory in the International Politics Department at Aberystwyth University and the Principal Investigator of ‘Political Economies of Democratisation’ (European Research Council, 2008-2012).