Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law American and European Strategies

by Magen, Amichai; Risse, Thomas; McFaul, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780230220065
• ISBN10: 0230220061
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

European and American experts systematically compare U.S. and EU strategies to promote democracy around the world -- from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, to Latin America, the former Soviet bloc, and Southeast Asia. In doing so, the authors debunk the pernicious myth that there exists a transatlantic divide over democracy promotion.

Author Biography

AMICHAI MAGEN is W. Glenn Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. He is also an Affiliated Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University.

THOMAS RISSE is Professor of International Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin and Coordinator of the Research Center “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood” at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

MICHAEL MCFAUL is the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law (CDDRL), all at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Notes on Contributors	p. xv
Introduction: American and European Strategies to Promote Democracy - Shared Values, Common Challenges, Divergent Tools?	p. 1
Venus Approaching Mars? The European Union's Approaches to Democracy Promotion in Comparative Perspective	p. 34
Governance and Foreign Assistance: the Imperfect Translation of Ideas into Outcomes	p. 61
Europe, the United States, and Middle Eastern Democracy	p. 93
Comparing EU and US Democracy: Promotion in the Mediterranean and the Newly Independent States	p. 118
Democracy or Stability? EU and US Engagement in the Southern Caucasus	p. 150
Latin America Is Different: Transatlantic Discord on How to Promote Democracy in "Problematic" Countries	p. 185
US and EU Strategies to Promote Democracy in Indonesia	p. 216
Conclusions: Towards Transatlantic Democracy Promotion?	p. 244
Index	p. 273
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