Democracy Promotion Paradox, Paperback by Mitchell, Lincoln A., Brand New, Fr...

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Item Length: 9 in Item Width: 6 in Book Title: Democracy Promotion Paradox Publication Name: Democracy Promotion Paradox Item Weight: 12 Oz ISBN: 9780815727026 Number of Pages: 240 Pages Language: English Author: Lincoln A. Mitchell Publication Year: 2016 Subject: Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Freedom, International Relations / Diplomacy Subject Area: Political Science width: 6 in height: 0.6 in Type: Textbook Item Height: 0.6 in Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA Format: Trade Paperback

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Democracy Promotion Paradox, Paperback by Mitchell, Lincoln A., Brand New, Fr.... Foreign policy. Mitchell also examines the future of democracy promotion in the context of evolving. Democracy Promotion Paradox, Paperback by Mitchell, Lincoln A., ISBN 081572702X, ISBN-13 9780815727026, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Explore the numerous paradoxes at the heart of the theory and practice of democracy promotion. The Democracy Promotion Paradox raises difficult but critically important issues by probing the numerous inconsistencies and paradoxes that lie at the heart of the theory and practice of democracy promotion. For example, the United States frequently crafts policies to encourage democracy that rely on cooperation with undemocratic governments; democracy promoters view their work as minor yet also of critical importance to the United States and the countries where they work; and many who work in the field of democracy promotion have an incomplete understanding of democracy. Similarly, in the domestic political context, both left and right critiques of democracy promotion are internally A. Mitchell provides an overview of the origins of . democracy promotion, analyzes its development and evolution over the last decades, and discusses how it came to be an unquestioned assumption at the coreof . foreign policy. His discussion of the bureaucratic logic that underlies democracy promotion offers important insights into how it can be adapted to remain effective. Mitchell also examines the future of democracy promotion in the context of evolving . domestic policy and politics and in a changed global environment in which the United States is no longer the hegemon"--