International Democracy and the West

The Role of Governments, Civil Society, and Multinational Business
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-927446-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

This book adds to debates over the international dimensions of democratic change by studying the policies and actions of three sets of Western actors: namely, governments, multinational companies, and international NGOs. This actor-based triangular approach responds to observations that the strategic, economic, and social aspects of international democracy have rarely been studied in a combined, holistic fashion. During the 1990s, Western governments, multinational companies, and civil society organizations all came to engage more notably in debates over democratic trends. But were they genuine when they professed a concern with democracy in developing countries? Which of these dynamics - governmental, commercial, or social - was the most influential in propelling efforts to encourage democratization and which helped explain the limits of democracy's international reach? Did political, economic, and social actors form a broad network of international democratic momentum, or did their respective perspectives increasingly diverge? Exploring these questions, the book presents extensive empirical material relating to Western policies in a number of developing regions, covering the period from the mid-1990s to 2003.

Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Official Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Youngs, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: A Composite Perspective on International Democracy

- 2: Democracy and Western Strategic Interests

- 3: International Business and Democracy

- 4: Civil Society and Democracy Promotion

- Conclusions

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

(Senior Research Fellow, Portsmouth University)