Democracy--a destiny of humankind? : a qualified, contingent and contextual case for democracy promotion /
This book is a result of several years of practical involvement as UN Regional Advisor for Central Asia, where issues of democracy promotion were paramount, as well as academic research and teaching at King's College, London. The main purpose of the book is to give a balanced, contextual and re...
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New York :
Nova Science,
c2009.
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| Colección: | Global political studies series
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| 100 | 1 | |a Mullerson, R. A. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Democracy--a destiny of humankind? : |b a qualified, contingent and contextual case for democracy promotion / |c Rein Müllerson. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Nova Science, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 169 p. ; |c 27 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Global political studies series | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- 1. Globalization and spread of free markets and democracy -- 2. A Wittgensteinian family portrait of democracy -- 3. Democracy's dialectical contradictions -- 4. Democracy, the rise of separatist movements and problems of secession -- 5. On the instrumental and intrinsic value of democracy -- 6. On the absolute and relative universality of the concept of democracy -- 7. On idealism, hypocrisy and pragmatism in the promotion of democracy -- 8. Weaknesses of domestic democratic potential and external support -- 9. The role of international institutions in promoting democracy -- 10. On natural and unnatural authoritarianisms -- 11. Democratization and the J Curve : A Central Asian experience -- 12. Russia's case : from Yeltsin's "democracy" to Putin's "authoritarianism"? -- 13. Missions civilicatrice in the great games of political and economic interests -- 14. Promoting democracy without starting a new Cold War -- 15. From E unum pluribus towards E pluribus unum? -- Conclusions. | |
| 520 | |a This book is a result of several years of practical involvement as UN Regional Advisor for Central Asia, where issues of democracy promotion were paramount, as well as academic research and teaching at King's College, London. The main purpose of the book is to give a balanced, contextual and realistic picture of prospects of democracy in the non-Western world with special emphasis on Central Asia and Russia, while the experience of other countries (e.g., China and India) and regions serve mainly for the purposes of comparison or corroboration. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Democracy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Democratization. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Democracia. |2 UDESA | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Democratización. |2 UDESA | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Global political studies series | |