Overview

This book is the result of several years of practical involvement as UN Regional Advisor for Central Asia, where issues of democracy promotion were paramount, as well as academic research and teaching at King's College, London. The main purpose of the book is to give a balanced, contextual and realistic picture of prospects of democracy in the non-Western world with special emphasis on Central Asia and Russia, while the experience of other countries (eg: China and India) and regions serve mainly for the purposes of comparison or corroboration. The book is meant for those who are involved in various capacities in democracy promotion (government officials, staff of intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations (NGO), academics and students (mostly on the Master's and Ph.D. levels).

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Author:   Rein Müllerson
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781607413691

ISBN 10:   1607413698
Pages:   169
Publication Date:   29 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Globalisation and spread of free markets and democracy; A Wittgensteinian family portrait of democracy; Democracy's dialectical contradictions; Democracy, the rise of separatist movements and problems of secession; On the instrumental and intrinsic value of democracy; On the absolute and relative universality of the concept of democracy; On idealism, hypocrisy and pragmatism in the promotion of democracy; Weaknesses of domestic democratic potential and external support; The role of international institutions in promoting democracy; On natural and unnatural authoritarianisms; Democratisation and the J Curve: A Central Asian experience; Russia's Case: from Yeltsin's 'democracy' to Putin's 'authoritarianism'?; Missions civilicatrice in the great games of political and economic interests; Promoting democracy without starting a new Cold War; From E unum pluribus towards E pluribus unum?; Conclusions; Index.

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