عنوان

Promoting polyarchy :

0521562031

0521566916

9780521562034

9780521566919

dltt

Promoting polyarchy :

[Book]

globalization, US intervention, and hegemony /

William I. Robinson

xv, 466 pages ;

24 cm

Cambridge studies in international relations ;

48

Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-450) and index

Introduction. From east-west to north-south: US intervention in the "new world order" -- From "straight power concepts" to "persuasion" in US foreign policy -- Political operations in US foreign policy -- The Philippines: "molded in the image of American democracy" -- Chile: ironing out "a fluke of the political system" -- Nicaragua: from low-intensity warfare to low-intensity democracy -- Haiti: the "practically insolvable problem" of establishing consensual domination -- Conclusions: the future of polyarchy and global society

0

Promoting Polyarchy is an exciting, detailed, and controversial work on the apparent change in US foreign policy from supporting dictatorships to an 'open' promotion of 'democratic' regimes. William I. Robinson argues that behind the façade of 'democracy promotion', the policy is designed more to retain the elite-based and undemocratic status quo of Third World countries than to encourage mass aspirations for democratization. He supports this challenging argument with a wealth of information garnered from field work and hitherto unpublished government documents, and assembled in case studies of the Philippines, Chile, Nicaragua, Haiti, South Africa, and the former Soviet Bloc. With its combination of theoretical and historical analysis, empirical argument, and bold claims, Promoting Polyarchy is an essential book for anyone concerned with democracy, globalization and international affairs. Winner of the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Political Economy of the World section of the American Sociological Association.--Publisher description

Democracy-- History-- 20th century

Democracy-- United States-- History-- 20th century

World politics-- 1985-1995

Buitenlandse interventie

Buitenlandse politiek

Démocratie-- États-Unis-- 20e siècle

Democratisering

Hegemonie

Internationale politiek

Politieke verandering

Relations internationales-- 1989-2001

United States, Foreign relations, 1981-1989

United States, Foreign relations, 1989-

0

0

Robinson, William I

20160712061657.0

[Book]

Y