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Promoting democracy has grown from a small, little- known activity to a high-profile endeavor. It now involves academia, think tanks, and the popular media. The number of countries and organizations, inter-governmental, non-governmental, as well as governmental involved in supporting the spread of democracy is now legion. Countries touched by these efforts include a majority of all the world's states and some independent territories that are not yet fully sovereign. The definitional boundaries between promoting democracy and international advocacy and defense of human rights and ""good governance"" are not precise. Similarly, the concept of promoting democracy itself is not uniformly accepted. It has become a slogan that attracts both fervent support and grave condemnation. For Burnell, promoting democracy refers to a wide range of non-coercive attempts to spread democracy abroad for whatever reason. At its heart, it is political intervention in the domestic affairs of other countries that seeks to affect the distribution of power, whether by patient and non-violent involvement or more urgent action, democracy assistance projects form a core activity. Burnell holds that participation in the democracy assistance industry will continue to grow. However, the industry's progress up until now has in part been contingent on the progress of democratization itself. The slowdown that is currently happening in the advance of freedom and democracy around the world, and the strength shown by leading authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes, must raise questions about the outlook for democracy promotion. If democracy promotion and assistance are to be fit for the future, then the need for a broadly based, appropriately contextualized examination of the policy and the performance is greater now than at any time in the past.

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<p> Burnell has made an invaluable contribution to democracy promotion studies. This collection shows the breadth and depth of his engagement with issues of policy practice and also, crucially, of the nature, challenges and limits of knowledge about the subject itself. <p> --International Affairs <p> Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. <p> --Professor Andre W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University <p> For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. <p> It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. <p> --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University

Burnell has made an invaluable contribution to democracy promotion studies. This collection shows the breadth and depth of his engagement with issues of policy practice and also, crucially, of the nature, challenges and limits of knowledge about the subject itself. --International Affairs Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. --Professor Andre W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University

-Burnell has made an invaluable contribution to democracy promotion studies. This collection shows the breadth and depth of his engagement with issues of policy practice and also, crucially, of the nature, challenges and limits of knowledge about the subject itself.- --International Affairs -Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice.- --Professor AndrE W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University -For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations.- --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University

-Burnell has made an invaluable contribution to democracy promotion studies. This collection shows the breadth and depth of his engagement with issues of policy practice and also, crucially, of the nature, challenges and limits of knowledge about the subject itself.- --International Affairs -Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice.- --Professor AndrE W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University -For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations.- --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University Burnell has made an invaluable contribution to democracy promotion studies. This collection shows the breadth and depth of his engagement with issues of policy practice and also, crucially, of the nature, challenges and limits of knowledge about the subject itself. --International Affairs Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. --Professor AndrE W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University Burnell has made an invaluable contribution to democracy promotion studies. This collection shows the breadth and depth of his engagement with issues of policy practice and also, crucially, of the nature, challenges and limits of knowledge about the subject itself. --International Affairs Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. --Professor AndrE W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. --Professor Andre W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. --Professor Andre W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work.It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University

<p> Peter Burnell is one of the leading academic experts on international democracy promotion. These essays offer critical, balanced, and well-informed analyses of one of the major controversies of foreign policy and international relations today. The often heated debate over democracy promotion will certainly benefit from Prof. Burnell's moderate voice. --Professor Andre W.M. Gerrits Russian Studies, Leiden University <p> For two decades Professor Burnell has been a perceptive and prescient observer of the evolving complexities of democracy promotion. In this collection of his most recent articles, he identifies the untested and often unrecognized assumptions in which democracy promotion is embedded and poses the questions that policy-makers and practitioners must confront if they are to address the problematic nature of their work. <p> It is a collection that should be read carefully by members of the policy community. It will also serve well as a textbook for courses in comparative politics and international relations. --Professor Emeritus George C. Perlin Centre for Studies on Democracy and Diversity, Queen's University

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Peter Burnell is professor of politics and international studies at the University of Warwick. He was founding joint editor of the journal Democratization and the accompanying book series Democratization Studies. His books includeForeign Aid in a Changing World, Funding Democratization, and Promoting Democracy Abroad.

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