Promoting democracy and the rule of law
Subtitle: American and European strategies
By: edited by Amichai Magen, Thomas Risse, and Michael A. McFaul.
Contributors: Magen, Amichai A.; Risse-Kappen, Thomas.; McFaul, Michael, 1963-
Series: Governance and limited statehood
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780230220065
Subjects: Democratization -- Government policy -- United States; Democratization -- Government policy -- European Union countries; Rule of law -- Government policy -- United States; Rule of law -- Government policy -- European Union countries; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-; European Union countries -- Foreign relations
Description: "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 twenty-first 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 US 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.