Accepting as a given that a central aim of US foreign policy is democratization, Carothers (director, Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment) comments on different aspects of the democracy promotion program in a series of 19 previously published essays. He reviews and assesses the Clinton and Bush records on democracy promoti
Accepting as a given that a central aim of US foreign policy is democratization, Carothers (director, Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegi...
The United States faces no greater challenge today than successfully fulfilling its new ambition of helping bring about a democratic transformation of the Middle East.
The United States faces no greater challenge today than successfully fulfilling its new ambition of helping bring about a democratic transformation of...
Beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption, ideological incoherence, and narrow electoral majorities, political parties are the weakest link in many democratic transitions around the world. A large and ever-growing number of U.S., European, and multilateral assistance programs seek to help parties become effective pro-democratic actors. But given the depth of the problems, is success possible? C "onfronting the Weakest Link "is a pathbreaking study of international aid for political parties. Beginning with a penetrating analysis of party shortcomings in developing and...
Beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption, ideological incoherence, and narrow electoral majorities, political parties are the we...