The democracy advantage
Subtitle: how democracies promote prosperity and peace
By: Morton H. Halperin, Joseph T. Siegle, Michael M. Weinstein
Contributors: Siegle, Joseph T., 1961-; Weinstein, Michael M
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Democracy; Economic development -- Political aspects
Description: "For decades, policies pursued by the U.S. and other industrialized nations towards the developing world have been based on a dirty little secret kept among policy experts: that democracy and poor countries don't mix. Turning this long-held view on its head, The Democracy Advantage makes a bold case that they do." "In this timely and path-breaking book. Morton H. Halperin, Joseph T. Siegle, and Michael M. Weinstein dismantle the conventional wisdom that democratic reforms are destabilizing and that the West must rely on authoritarian regimes in order to create a middle class that will support democracy."--Jacket.
Notes: "A Council on Foreign Relations book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index