The taming of democracy assistance : why democracy promotion does not confront dictators / Sarah Sunn Bush.

Author
Bush, Sarah Sunn, 1982- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Description
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Few government programs that aid democracy abroad today seek to foster regime change. Technical programs that do not confront dictators are more common than the aid to dissidents and political parties that once dominated the field. What explains this 'taming' of democracy assistance? This book offers the first analysis of that puzzle. In contrast to previous research on democracy aid, it focuses on the survival instincts of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that design and implement democracy assistance. To survive, Sarah Bush argues that NGOs seek out tamer types of aid, especially as they become more professional. Diverse evidence - including three decades of new project-level data, case studies of democracy assistance in Jordan and Tunisia, and primary documents gathered from NGO archives - supports the argument. This book provides new understanding of foreign influence and moral actors in world politics, with policy implications for democracy in the Middle East.-- Provided by publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • I. Introduction and Argument
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The argument: structure, agency, and democracy promotion
    • 3. Tame democracy assistance: what it is and why it matters
    • II. Testing the Argument
    • 4. Delegation and the allocation of democracy assistance
    • 5. Changes in American grant-making
    • 6. Creating the democracy establishment
    • 7. Jordan: aid in the shadow of geopolitics
    • 8. Tunisia: reform after revolution
    • III. Conclusions
    • 9. Should democracy promoters be set free?
    ISBN
    • 9781107069640 ((hardback))
    • 1107069645 ((hardback))
    • 9781107642201 ((paperback))
    • 1107642205 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2014036376
    OCLC
    893857869
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