Democracy promotion and conflict-based reconstruction : the United States and democratic consolidation in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq / Matthew Alan Hill
Front Cover; Democracy Promotion and Conflict-based Reconstruction; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the scene; 3. Motives for US democracy promotion; 4. Examining USAID in Bosnia and Afghanistan: a 'cookie-cutterapproach'?; 5. No liberal democracy, just a US supported formal democracy; 6. Can formal democracy meet the objectives of the American Mission?; 7. Implications of research findings to general US foreign policy: the case of Iraq; 8. US democracy promotion and the dawn of the Obama era; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world, and thus fulfil the aims of the American mission and its application of the democratic peace. It features two detailed case studies exploring political liberalization in Bosnia and Afghanistan, and suggests that the conclusions are applicable to other cases by highlighting the US mission in Iraq. The author critically examines US foreign policy in a theoretical and historical context, focusing on the United Stat
