Democracy Promotion and Conflict-Based Reconstruction: The United States & Democratic Consolidation in Bosnia, Afghanistan & Iraq

by Hill; Matthew Alan

• ISBN13: 9780415588928
• ISBN10: 0415588928
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book investigates US foreign policy in a theoretical and historical context and tests the hypothesis that US government transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world.The author focuses on the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) democracy promotion, with two detailed case studies exploring political liberalisation in Bosnia and Afghanistan, during the Clinton and Bush administrations, to highlight important aspects of its approach. Hill examines the theoretical and practical limitations of USAID-applied transition theory and explores whether democracy promotion is achieving consolidated liberal democracy and US foreign policy goals.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations, US Foreign Policy and Democratization Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Setting the scene	p. 5
Motives for US democracy promotion	p. 37
Examining USAID in Bosnia and Afghanistan: a 'cookie-cutter approach'?	p. 57
No liberal democracy, just a US supported formal democracy	p. 90
Can formal democracy meet the objectives of the American Mission?	p. 130
Implications of research findings to general US foreign policy: the case of Iraq	p. 143
US democracy promotion and the dawn of the Obama era	p. 177
Notes	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 198
Index	p. 222
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