03783nam 22008055 450 991095990340332120220112105134.09786611363871978128136387912813638719781403978424140397842510.1057/9781403978424(CKB)1000000000342783(EBL)308220(OCoLC)314828818(SSID)ssj0000740927(PQKBManifestationID)12360752(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740927(PQKBWorkID)10701429(PQKB)11493743(MiAaPQ)EBC308220(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7842-4(Au-PeEL)EBL308220(CaPaEBR)ebr10135454(CaONFJC)MIL136387(Perlego)3496820(EXLCZ)99100000000034278320151229d2005 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution /by A. Somit, S. Peterson1st ed. 2005.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2005.1 online resource (174 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780230621121 0230621120 9781403967817 1403967814 Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and indexes.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Authoritarian Government: The Default Option; 3 What is a Democracy?: Toward a Working Definition; 4 Democratic Nation Building: From Concept to Operational ""Checklist""; 5 Democracy: The Requisite ""Enabling Conditions""-No Small Order; 6 Will the Real Democracies Please Stand Up?; 7 American Nation Building, 1945-2005: Costs and Consequences; 8 The Fourth ""Whereas""; 9 ""Therefore Be It Resolved..."": Toward More Realistic Foreign and Domestic Policies; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject IndexThroughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is that humans are social primates with an innate tendency for hierarchical and authoritarian social and political structures. Democracy requires very special 'enabling conditions' before it can be supported by a state, conditions that require decades to evolve. As a result, attempts to export democracy through nation-building to states without these enabling conditions are doomed to failure. The authors argue that money and energy devoted to nation-building around the globe by the U.S. would be better spent on problems facing the country domestically.Economic developmentInternational relationsPolitical scienceDevelopment StudiesInternational RelationsPolitical SciencePolitical TheoryEconomic development.International relations.Political science.Development Studies.International Relations.Political Science.Political Theory.327.73/009/015Somit Albert1791076Peterson Steven A1791077MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959903403321The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution4327925UNINA