Promoting polyarchy
globalization, US intervention, and hegemony
by William I. Robinson
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Promoting Polyarchy examines the apparent change in US foreign policy from supporting dictatorships to an "open" promotion of "democratic" regimes. William I. Robinson argues that the policy has been designed more to retain the elite-based and undemocratic status quo of Third World countries than to encourage mass aspirations for democratization.
While US policy is more ideologically appealing under the title of "democracy promotion," it does nothing to reverse the growth of inequality and the undemocratic nature of global decision-making. This challenging argument is supported by a wealth of information garnered from field-work and hitherto unpublished government documents, and assembled in case studies of the Philippines, Chile, Nicaragua, Haiti, South Africa, and the former Soviet bloc.
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Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, US Intervention, and Hegemony
2011, Cambridge University Press
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Promoting polyarchy: globalization, US intervention, and hegemony
1996, Cambridge University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-450) and index.
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