"Democracy Promotion: The Elusive Quest for Grand Strategies" by Peter Burnell (2004)
Burnell's overview of perspectives on democracy promotion is solid introduction to the recent literature in the field. Key quote:
"This is because the problems of democratizing former non-democracies are especially acute in societies where destruction of the political regime – whether from outside or from within the society – creates a requirement to radically restructure the entire machinery of state – perhaps to create a brand new sovereign entity or more than one such entity – plus a requirement to create or re-establish some sense of national unity – that is to say to engage in nation-building. Put differently, the challenge of building a democratic state cannot be divorced from the issue of how the opportunity to do so came about" (Burnell, 2004 pg. 107)
Politics By Other Means
Current Reading 06/08/2009
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