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Author:   Michael Cox (Department of International Politics, Department of International Politics, University of Wales) ,  John Ikenberry (Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania) ,  Takashi Inoguchi (, The United Nations University, Japan)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780199240975

ISBN 10:   0199240973
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   31 August 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction ; PART I: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THEORY ; 1. Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy ; 2. US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections ; 3. US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions ; PART II: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AS US GRAND STRATEGY? ; 4. National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy ; 5. America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era ; 6. America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism ; PART III: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT ; 7. Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand? ; 8. Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance ; 9. High Stakes and Low Intensity Democracy: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy ; 10. Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of Democracy ; PART IV: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN PRACTICE ; 11. Russia: Limping along towards American Democracy? ; 12. Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific ; 13. The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited ; 14. Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America ; 15. American Power, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Low Intensity Democracy: an Unstable Trinity

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This excellent edited volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to examine US efforts to promote democracy abroad. Journal of Peace Research This is a hugely impressive collection of essays, viewpoints and analyses. It represents the most important published attempt to come to grips with an issue which lies at the heart of contemporary international politics. The World Today Consisting of fifteen illuminating essays, American Democracy Promotion offers a vigorous debate about the current direction of U.S. Foreign Policy. Anyone interested in international affairs -which should be all of us- should read this truly path-breaking book. Douglas Brinkley, Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and Professor of History at the University of New Orleans

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