The democracy promotion paradox / Lincoln A. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Lincoln A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Government policy--United States.

Democratization.

Democratization--Government policy.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Explore the numerous paradoxes at the heart of the theory and practice of democracy promotion. The Democracy Promotion Paradox raises difficult but critically important issues by probing the numerous inconsistencies and paradoxes that lie at the heart of the theory and practice of democracy promotion. For example, the United States frequently crafts policies to encourage democracy that rely on cooperation with undemocratic governments; democracy promoters view their work as minor yet also of critical importance to the United States and the countries where they work; and many who work in the field of democracy promotion have an incomplete understanding of democracy. Similarly, in the domestic political context, both left and right critiques of democracy promotion are internally inconsistent.Lincoln A. Mitchell provides an overview of the origins of U.S. democracy promotion, analyzes its development and evolution over the last decades, and discusses how it came to be an unquestioned assumption at the core of U.S. foreign policy. His discussion of the bureaucratic logic that underlies democracy promotion offers important insights into how it can be adapted to remain effective. Mitchell also examines the future of democracy promotion in the context of evolving U.S. domestic policy and politics and in a changed global environment in which the United States is no longer the hegemon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Democracy promotion before and during the Cold War

Democracy promotion since the Cold War

Paradoxes of implementation

Democracy and democracy promotion

The politics of democracy promotion

Democracy promotion and American power

The future of democracy promotion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mitchell, Lincoln A., author. Democracy promotion paradox

ISBN:

9780815727026

081572702X

OCLC:

908375024