Promoting democracy and the rule of law [Elektronisk resurs] American and European strategies / Edited by Amichai Magen, Thomas Risse, Michael A. McFaul.
Foreword-- R.Morningstar Introduction: American and European Strategies to Promote Democracy-- A.Magen & M.A.McFaul Venus Approaching Mars? The EU's Approaches to Democracy Promotion in Comparative Perspective-- T.A.Borzel & T.Risse Governance and Foreign Assistance-- D.M.Girod, S.D.Krasner & K.Stoner Weiss Europe, the United States, and Middle Eastern Democracy-- R.Youngs & T.Cofman Wittes Comparing EU and US Democracy: Promotion in the Mediterranean and the Newly Independent States-- V.van Hullen & A.Stahn Democracy or Stability? EU and US Engagement in the Southern Caucasus-- T.A.Borzel, Y.Pamuk & A.Stahn Latin America is Different: Transatlantic Discord on How to Promote Democracy in 'Problematic' Countries-- S.Gratius & T.Legler U.S. and EU Strategies to Promote Democracy in Indonesia-- R.Kleinfeld Conclusions: Towards Transatlantic Democracy Promotion?-- T.Risse.
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. -- Are Americans and Europeans united or divided over the goal of promoting democracy and the rule of law around the globe? What strategies and instruments do they wield in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East in an effort to achieve these goals? And what do their successes and failures reveal both about the challenge of encouraging the spread of freedom and the nature of American and European foreign policies in the 21st century? These are some of the pressing questions tackled in this volume by a distinguished group of analysts from both sides of the Atlantic. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the authors demonstrate in detail that the U.S. and the EU share many common features in their democracy promotion strategies, including shared 'double standards'. This is a much anticipated study -- one that provides the first systematic, comparative analysis of American and European efforts to transform governance in developing countries.
Ämnesord
Democratization -- Government policy -- European Union countries. (LCSH)
Rule of law -- United States. (LCSH)
Rule of law -- European Union countries. (LCSH)
Democratization -- Government policy -- United States. (LCSH)