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Author : Thomas F. Legler
Release : 2007-09-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 768/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Promoting Democracy in the Americas by : Thomas F. Legler
Download or read book Promoting Democracy in the Americas written by Thomas F. Legler. This book was released on 2007-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Author : Jorge Heine
Release : 2014-09-19
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 192/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis 21st Century Democracy Promotion in the Americas by : Jorge Heine
Download or read book 21st Century Democracy Promotion in the Americas written by Jorge Heine. This book was released on 2014-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the promotion and defense of democracy in the Americas. Taking the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC) of 2001 as a baseline, it charts the evolution of the issue over the past decade. Although it considers historical antecedents, the main focus of the book is on key instances of promotion and defense of democracy in the Western hemisphere since the adoption of the IADC. It analyzes democratic norms, norm enforcement mechanisms and how they work in practice. Special attention is paid to the 2009 Honduras coup, the issues raised by it and the debates that surrounded it, as this was the first instance in which a member state was suspended in accordance with the IADC. Three central themes guide the analysis: the nature of challenges to democracy in Latin America; the role of regional organizations as democracy promoters; and the transformation of Inter-American relations. The book unveils the key achievements and limitations of the OAS in the field and will be of great interest to students and scholars of democratization, US-Latin American relations, international relations of Latin-America and international organizations.
Author : Michael Cox
Release : 2013-04-17
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 965/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion by : Michael Cox
Download or read book US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion written by Michael Cox. This book was released on 2013-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promotion of democracy by the United States became highly controversial during the presidency of George W. Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were widely perceived as failed attempts at enforced democratization, sufficient that Barack Obama has felt compelled to downplay the rhetoric of democracy and freedom in his foreign-policy. This collection seeks to establish whether a democracy promotion tradition exists, or ever existed, in US foreign policy, and how far Obama and his predecessors conformed to or repudiated it. For more than a century at least, American presidents have been driven by deep historical and ideological forces to conceive US foreign policy in part through the lens of democracy promotion. Debating how far democratic aspirations have been realized in actual foreign policies, this book draws together concise studies from many of the leading academic experts in the field to evaluate whether or not these efforts were successful in promoting democratization abroad. They clash over whether democracy promotion is an appropriate goal of US foreign policy and whether America has gained anything from it. Offering an important contribution to the field, this work is essential reading for all students and scholars of US foreign policy, American politics and international relations.
Author : Michael McFaul
Release : 2010
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 118/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Advancing Democracy Abroad by : Michael McFaul
Download or read book Advancing Democracy Abroad written by Michael McFaul. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Advancing Democracy Abroad, McFaul explains how democracy provides a more accountable system of government, greater economic prosperity, and better security compared with other systems of government. He then shows how Americans have benefited from the advance of democracy abroad in the past, and speculates about security, economic, and moral benefits for the United States from potential democratic gains around the world.
Author : A. Magen
Release : 2009-07-31
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 521/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law by : A. Magen
Download or read book Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law written by A. Magen. This book was released on 2009-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European and American experts systematically compare U.S. and EU strategies to promote democracy around the world – from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, to Latin America, the former Soviet bloc, and Southeast Asia. In doing so, the authors debunk the pernicious myth that there exists a transatlantic divide over democracy promotion.
