Beschreibung:
Brings together leading international scholars to assess the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge and features in-depth studies on US democracy promotion, the Middle East, Russia, China and new democracies.
1. New Challenges to Democratization Peter Burnell 2. State Sovereignty and Democracy: An Awkward Coupling Laurence Whitehead 3. Ideological Challenges to Democracy: Do they Exist? Marina Ottaway 4. The Continuing Backlash against Democracy Promotion Thomas Carothers 5. Democracy Assistance and the Search for Security Nancy Bermeo 6. Public Support versus Dissatisfaction in New Democracies: An Inside Challenge? Renske Doorenspleet 7. External Sources and Consequences of Russia's 'Sovereign Democracy Michael Mcfaul and Regine A Spector 8. Democratizing One-Party Rule in China Shaun Breslin 9. Democratization by Whom? Resistance to Democracy Promotion in the Middle East Bassma Kodmani 10. Energy: A Reinforced Obstacle to Democratization? Richard Youngs 11. Addressing Democracy's Challenges Peter Burnell and Richard Youngs