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Zusatztext Consisting of fifteen illuminating essays, American Democracy Promotion offers a vigorous debate about the current direction of U.S. Foreign Policy. Anyone interested in international affairs -which should be all of us- should read this truly path-breaking book. Informationen zum Autor See Above Klappentext This is a wide-ranging discussion of American efforts to recast the international order in its own political image. The contributions given by a distinguished group of analysts are as diverse as they are challenging to traditional ways of thinking about US democracy promotion. As we enter into the 21st century with American hegemony intact! it is vital to understand what drives the world's last remaining superpower! and this original study helps us do precisely that by exploring in detail and depth one of the more contentious and least understood aspects of American foreign policy. Zusammenfassung Why does the United States promote democracy? How successful has it been? And why do critics often attack it for doing so? These are some of the questions examined by a distinguished group of analysts, in this wide-ranging discussion of American efforts to recast the international order in its own political image. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: US Democracy Promotion in Theory 1: Michael Doyle: Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy 2: Randall Schweller: US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections 3: Steve Smith: US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions Part II: Democracy Promotion as US Grand Strategy? 4: Tony Smith: National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy 5: G. John Ikenberry: America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era 6: Henry Nau: America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism Part III: US Democracy Promotion: the Domestic Context 7: Ole R. Holsti: Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand? 8: Thomas Carothers: Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance 9: Jason Ralph: High Stakes and Low Intensity Democracy: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy 10: Michael Cox: Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of Democracy Part IV: US Democracy Promotion in Practice 11: Peter Rutland: Russia: Limping along towards American Democracy? 12: Takashi Inoguchi: Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific 13: Georg Sorensen: The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited 14: William Robinson: Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America 15: Barry Gills: American Power, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Low Intensity Democracy: an Unstable Trinity ...
