Is Democracy Exportable?

by Zoltan Barany (Editor), Robert G. Moser (Editor)

Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy? How can democracy be established in divided societies? In this timely volume a distinguished group of political scientists seeks answers to these and other fundamental questions behind the concept known as “democracy promotion.” Following an illuminating concise discussion of what political philosophers from Plato to Montesquieu thought about the issue, the authors explore the structural preconditions (culture, divided societies, civil society) as well as the institutions and processes of democracy building (constitutions, elections, security sector reform, conflict, and trade). Along the way they share insights about what policies have worked, which ones need to be improved or discarded, and, more generally, what advanced democracies can do to further the cause of democratization in a globalizing world. In other words, they seek answers to the question, Is democracy exportable?

Genres: Politics

316 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2009

Reviews

[Yazeed AlMogren · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب يجمع بحوث مجموعة من الخبراء السياسيين يتحدث بإسهاب عن كيفية انشاء أنظمة ديمقراطية في دول لاتتمتع بها سابقًا وماهي عوامل نجاح تبديل النظام الى نظام ديمقراطي وكيف تكون إعادة بناء الجيش بعد سقوط نظام ديكتاتوري أو شيوعي