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Author : Elie Friedman
Release : 2018
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Book Synopsis Promoting Liberal Democracy in the Eastern Mediterranean by : Elie Friedman
Download or read book Promoting Liberal Democracy in the Eastern Mediterranean written by Elie Friedman. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Youngs
Release : 2002-01-03
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 281/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The European Union and the Promotion of Democracy by : Richard Youngs
Download or read book The European Union and the Promotion of Democracy written by Richard Youngs. This book was released on 2002-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses European Union policies aimed at encouraging democratization in East Asia and the North African and Middle Eastern States within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - these two regions being the source of some of the strongest conceptual challenges to 'Western' liberal democracy since the end of the cold war. The book addresses theoretical debates over the international dimensions of political change and the EU's characteristics as an international actor. The factors both driving and inhibiting European democracy promotion policies are explored. The book outlines the EU's distinctive bottom-up philosophy, aimed at constructing the socio-economic and ideational foundations for political liberalization, but argues that the EU has in practice failed to develop a fully comprehensive and coherent democracy promotion strategy.
Author : Michelle Pace
Release : 2013-09-13
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 620/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean by : Michelle Pace
Download or read book The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean written by Michelle Pace. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy the European Union (EU). Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, and on the degree to which these relations are affected by EU efforts at promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law (an outside-in approach), this collection of articles inverts the focus of such relationships and attempts to look at them ‘inside-out’. While some contributions also emphasise the ‘outside-in’ axis, given that this continues to be analytically rewarding, the overarching thrust of this book is to provide some empirical substance for the claim that EU policy making is not unidirectional and is influenced by the perceptions and actions of its ‘targets’. Thus, the focus is on domestic political changes on the ground in the MENA and how they link into what the EU is attempting to achieve in the region. Finally, the self-representation of the EU and its (lack of a) clear regional role is discussed. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.
Author : Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Release : 2013-07-04
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The EU's Democracy Promotion and the Mediterranean Neighbours by : Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Download or read book The EU's Democracy Promotion and the Mediterranean Neighbours written by Ann-Kristin Jonasson. This book was released on 2013-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic analysis of the EU’s extensive, but so far largely failed, efforts to promote democracy in the Mediterranean region, thoroughly assessing its democracy promotion in relation to two Mediterranean countries – Jordan and Turkey. By pinpointing essential prerequisites for democracy promotion and analyzing how the EU’s policies have related to these, the author offers a theoretically based analytical framework focused on the importance of the local orientation and ownership of the project of democratization, and the broader dialogue between the democracy promoter and the partner society. The author concludes that there are basic deficiencies in the EU’s democracy promotion, leading to policy implications of vital importance as the EU now grapples with how to make its democracy promotion successful. The EU’s Democracy Promotion and the Mediterranean Neighbours will be of interest to students and scholars of Democratisation studies, EU studies, Middle East Studies and EU Neighbourhood studies.
Author : Spyridon N. Litsas
Release : 2020-02-06
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 955/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis US Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean by : Spyridon N. Litsas
Download or read book US Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean written by Spyridon N. Litsas. This book was released on 2020-02-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines US foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean and the region’s key role in the practice and evolution of American exceptionalism. The political developments in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, gave to the US opportunities to express, in the most explicit way, its anti-colonialism, the fervent support of open and democratic societies, and its willingness to openly confront tyranny and oppression whenever this was possible (or necessary) for American interests. Since that time, the region has been a testing ground for the core elements of American foreign policy deployed worldwide. The monograph shows the contributions of the United States during critical moments in the region, such as the First Barbary War (1801-1805), the introduction of Truman Doctrine, Washington’s role in the Suez Crisis, the Greek junta and the Imia Crisis of 1996. It also scrutinizes the different levels of the economic, military and diplomatic challenges which China, Russia and Turkey present today, while it also covers the American approach to the Arab Spring. From a ‘Shining City on a Hill’ to the current ‘Make America Great Again’ mottoes, this critique follows American Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean and the strong bonds that the nation established with the geostrategic, political and ideological features of the region. The pace of recent events, and the increasing complexity of this global corner, prove a challenge to America today; the future and clarion call that hard work and the finest ingenuity are necessary to keep its regional hegemony, and its course toward increased prosperity. This work’s goal is to inspire the conversations by academics, diplomats, leaders (both political and military) and most of all businessmen, to this end.
