The taming of democracy assistance : why democracy promotion does not confront dictators /

Few government programs that aid democracy abroad today seek to foster regime change. Technical programs that do not confront dictators are more common than the aid to dissidents and political parties that once dominated the field. What explains this 'taming' of democracy assistance? This...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bush, Sarah Sunn, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Democratization > International cooperation.
Democracy.
Démocratisation > Coopération internationale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations.
United States > Foreign relations > 21st century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 21e siècle.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction and Argument
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The argument: structure, agency, and democracy promotion
  • 3. Tame democracy assistance: what it is and why it matters
  • II. Testing the Argument
  • 4. Delegation and the allocation of democracy assistance
  • 5. Changes in American grant-making
  • 6. Creating the democracy establishment
  • 7. Jordan: aid in the shadow of geopolitics
  • 8. Tunisia: reform after revolution
  • III. Conclusions
  • 9. Should democracy promoters be set free?

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