This book suggests studying democracy promotion within the framework of international socialization through the perspectives of the constructivist and rationalist approaches. It argues that for effective democracy promotion, the strategy of conditionality and incentives should be applied, especially in regard to countries with no prior democratic experience. This study analyzes democracy promotion programmes of the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe in Armenia and Georgia and cases of norm transfer initiated by the European Union...

Although democracy promotion has become a popular term for policy makers and scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries quickly democratize, others lag behind despite a long period of democracy promotion activities. Furthermore, while democracy promotion itself has been widely studied, there is a paucity of literature available assessing the outcome or the impact of democracy promotion. This book investigates democracy promotion by the European Union and the United States of America, and seeks to uncover why intensive democracy promotion has...

Although "democracy promotion" has become a popular term for policy makers and scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries quickly democratize, others lag behind despite a long period of democracy promotion activities. Furthermore, while democracy promotion itself has been widely studied, there is a paucity of literature available assessing the outcome or the impact of democracy promotion.

This book investigates democracy promotion by the European Union and the United States of America, and seeks to uncover why intensive democracy...