The Democracy Advantage
Subtitle: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780415990653
Subjects: General; Political Science / General; Politics / Current Events
Description: "The Democracy Advantage provides an empirically-grounded analysis of the consistently positive development track record of poor countries with democratic governments versus those with more oppressive political systems. Building on the democratic peace literature, Halperin, Siegle, and Weinstein connect the dots of how democracy and development contribute to lower levels of intrastate conflict and popular support for extremist ideologies. This analysis provides a foundation for a series of policy recommendations for how democracy can become a more central feature of US and international engagement in the developing world. The Democracy Advantage is an evenly argued liberal internationalist justification for making democracy a central feature of US foreign policy."--Book cover.
Notes: Revised Edition