The conceptual politics of democracy promotion / / edited by Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823439603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2012; Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-64361-3; 0-203-80480-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Democratization studies ; ; 20
• Altri autori (Persone): HobsonChristopher; KurkiMilja
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetti: Democratization - Government policy; Democracy - Government policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: the conceptual politics of democracy promotion; PART I: Orientations; 1 On 'cultivating' democracy: enlivening the imagery for democracy promotion; 2 Conceptualizing democratization and democratizing conceptualization: a virtuous circle; 3 Liberalism and democracy promotion; 4 The past and future of social democracy and the consequences for democracy promotion; 5 Democracy promotion: neoliberal vs social democratic telos; 6 Misunderstanding the maladies of liberal democracy promotionPART II: Cases; 7 The conceptual politics of democracy promotion in Bolivia; 8 Liberal democracy promotion and civil society strengthening in Ghana; 9 Concepts of democracy among donors and recipients of democracy promotion: an empirical pilot study; 10 Arab democratization and the de-imagining of authoritarian community: beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism; 11 The conceptual politics of democracy in international law; 12 From 'fortunate vagueness' to 'democratic globalism': American democracy promotion as imperialism; Conclusion: reflections on a new approach in a new era of democracy promotionBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How do different meanings of the concept of 'democracy' operate in democracy promotion? How do conceptual decisions influence real political events? How is policy and reflection on democracy promotion shaped by the way different practitioners and scholars understand democracy?The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion explores the way in which the meaning, content and context of 'democracy' are interpreted by different actors in democracy promotion, and how these influence political decisions. Introducing a theoretically new approach to the study of democracy promotion,