Exporting Democracy: Rhetoric Vs. Reality - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1588260569 ISBN 13: 9781588260567

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub, 1856

Synopsis

Adopting the definition of democracy promoted by the conservative think-tank Freedom House, Schraeder (political science, Loyola U. Chicago) presents the results of a collaborative research project on international efforts of democracy promotion. Twelve chapters discuss the role of state actors (Germany, Japan, the U.S., and the Scandinavian countries) and the activities of organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and political foundations and think tanks. The nature of the definition of democracy operating in the text is perhaps indicated by the designation of the National Endowment for Democracy, recently implicated in the March 2002 coup d'Ttat in Venezuela, as a pro-democracy actor. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Peter J. Schraeder is associate professor of political science at Loyola University Chicago. He is author of United States Foreign Policy Toward Africa: Incrementalism, Crisis and Change and African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation. He is also the editor of Intervention in the 1990s: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Third World.

Review

"This book will become the reference work of choice for scholars analyzing efforts at democracy promotion, and for practitioners who want to learn how others are approaching the challenge." - Marina Ottaway

Edition details

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
• Publication date: 1856
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588260569
• ISBN 13: 9781588260567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Schraeder Peter J.