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Aiding democracy abroad : the learning curve

Carothers, Thomas, 2009
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ISBN 978-0-87003-169-4
Verfasser Carothers, Thomas Wikipedia
Systematik PS - Politische Soziologie
Schlagworte democratization, democracy, technical assistance
Verlag Brookings Inst. Press
Ort Washington, DC
Jahr 2009
Umfang X, 411 p.
Altersbeschränkung keine
Auflage 6. print.
Sprache englisch
Verfasserangabe Thomas Carothers
Annotation Summary:
The Vice President for Global Policy at the Endowment assesses aid to support democratic transitions throughout the world. He examines the history, strategies, methods, and effects, with special attention to the perspectives of the countries being aided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Table of Contents:
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Foreword Jessica T. Mathewsp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Part 1Setting the Stage
1. A New Fieldp. 3
Tools of the Tradep. 6
Lack of Learningp. 8
Taking Stockp. 10
Case Studies and Other Sourcesp. 12
Avoiding Rosy Assumptionsp. 15
2. The Rise of Democracy Assistancep. 19
The First Wave: The 1960s and 1970sp. 20
A New Wave: The 1980sp. 29
A Core Priority: The 1990sp. 40
Repeating the Past?p. 53
3. Interlude for Skepticsp. 59
4. Introducing Four Casesp. 65
Far from Democracyp. 66
Transition Feverp. 70
The Challenges of Consolidationp. 74
The Transitions Comparedp. 79
Part 2The Core Elements
5. The Question of Strategyp. 85
The Core Strategyp. 86
Assessing the Core Strategyp. 96
Improving the Core Strategyp. 103
A Note on Preconditions and a Look at the Casesp. 113
6. Basic Steps: Elections and Political Partiesp. 123
Electoral Aidp. 123
Political Party Assistancep. 140
7. From the Top Down: State Institutionsp. 157
Constitutionsp. 160
Judicial Reform and the Rule of Lawp. 163
Legislative Assistancep. 177
Local Government Assistancep. 187
Civil-Military Relationsp. 196
Challenges of Aiding the Statep. 200
8. From the Bottom Up: Civil Societyp. 207
The "Discovery" of Civil Societyp. 207
Advocacy NGOsp. 211
Civic Educationp. 231
Media Assistancep. 235
Labor Unionsp. 244
Beyond Civil Society Romanticismp. 248
Part 3On the Ground
9. Making It Work: The Challenges of Implementationp. 255
The External Project Methodp. 257
Corrective Stepsp. 265
The Institutions of Democracy Assistancep. 274
10. Giving Out Grades: Evaluationp. 281
The Difficulties of Evaluationp. 281
The False Dream of Sciencep. 287
The Start of an Alternativep. 297
11. Understanding Effectsp. 303
Modest Resultsp. 304
Considering the Casesp. 314
Part 4Conclusion
12. The Learning Curvep. 331
Movement Along the Curvep. 332
Doing Betterp. 342
Notesp. 353
Bibliographyp. 383
Indexp. 401
About the Authorp. 409
About the Carnegie Endowment
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