The International Dimensions of Democratization Europe and the Americas

by Whitehead, Laurence

• ISBN13: 9780198280361
• ISBN10: 019828036X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In recent years, and especially following the end of the cold war, democratization has become one of the most crucial issues on the international political scene. A great many states are undergoing an extraordinary and difficult transition to democracy. And that transition is deeply influencedby the new international context. In this first volume of a major new series, a range of highly respected scholars from around the world and several disciplines tackle the role and importance of international relations in the democratic development of states in the Americas and Europe. Combining theoretical approaches with a rich set of empirical case studies, the book examines the development of democratic regimes in countries and regions as diverse as Brazil, Spain, Greece, the Caribbean, and East Central Europe. At the international level, the book considers the influence ofUS Foreign Policy, International political finance, the UN, European Union, as well as the wide range of international political influences on the development of democratic politics. Oxford Studies in Democratization Series editor: Laurence Whitehead Oxford Sutdies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes will concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of theseries will primarily be Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and Southern and Eastern Asia.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	xi
List of Abbreviations	xiii
Part I. International Dimensions	1	(54)
Three International Dimensions of Democratization	3	(23)
Laurence Whitehead
The Influence of the International Context Upon the Choice of National Institutions and Policies in Neo-Democracies	26	(29)
Philippe C. Schmitter
Part II. The Americas	55	(202)
The Imposition of Democracy: The Caribbean	59	(34)
Laurence Whitehead
The Effectiveness of US Human Rights Policy, 1973-1980	93	(32)
Kathryn Sikkink
The Resurgence of United States Political Development Assistance to Latin America in the 1980s	125	(21)
Thomas Carothers
The International Dimensions of Democratization in Latin America: The Case of Brazil	146	(29)
Andrew Hurrell
International Support for the Chilean Opposition, 1973-1989: Political Parties and the Role of Exiles	175	(26)
Alan Angell
International Support for Democracy in Contemporary Latin America: The Role of the Party Internationals	201	(26)
Wolf Grabendorff
International Political Finance: The Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Latin America	227	(30)
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
Part III. Europe	257	(136)
Democracy by Convergence: Southern Europe	261	(24)
Laurence Whitehead
International Aspects of Democratization: The Case of Spain	285	(30)
Charles Powell
Underwriting Democracy: The European Community and Greece	315	(41)
Basilios Tsingos
Democracy and Decolonization: East-Central Europe	356	(37)
Laurence Whitehead
Part IV. A Comparative Perspective	393	(20)
Democratic Regions, Ostracism, and Pariahs	395	(18)
Laurence Whitehead
Part V. Five Years Later	413	(30)
The Enlargement of the European Union: A 'Risky' Form of Democracy Promotion	415	(28)
Laurence Whitehead
Postscript	443	(12)
Laurence Whitehead
Bibliography	455	(10)
Index	465