LEADER 03813oam 2200661I 450 001 9910452170403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-64361-3 010 $a0-203-80480-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203804803 035 $a(CKB)2550000000098804 035 $a(EBL)957541 035 $a(OCoLC)798533276 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000652746 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11442559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652746 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642515 035 $a(PQKB)11755395 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957541 035 $a(PPN)198450125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542198 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL762658 035 $a(OCoLC)784953193 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000098804 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe conceptual politics of democracy promotion /$fedited by Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aDemocratization studies ;$v20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59687-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 327 $a6 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 327 $aConclusion: reflections on a new approach in a new era of democracy promotionBibliography; Index 330 $aHow do different meanings of the concept of 'democracy' operate in democracy promotion? How do conceptual decisions influence real political events? How is policy and reflection on democracy promotion shaped by the way different practitioners and scholars understand democracy?The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion explores the way in which the meaning, content and context of 'democracy' are interpreted by different actors in democracy promotion, and how these influence political decisions. Introducing a theoretically new approach to the study of democracy promotion, 410 0$aDemocratization studies ;$v20. 606 $aDemocratization$xGovernment policy 606 $aDemocracy$xGovernment policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocratization$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aDemocracy$xGovernment policy. 676 $a321.8 701 $aHobson$b Christopher$0920558 701 $aKurki$b Milja$0713671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452170403321 996 $aThe conceptual politics of democracy promotion$92064716 997 $aUNINA