Title Promoting democracy and the rule of law : American and European strategies / edited by Amichai Magen, Thomas Risse, Michael A. McFaul

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages) Series Governance and limited statehood series Governance and limited statehood series. Contents Introduction: American and European Strategies to Promote Democracy / A. Magen & M.A. McFaul -- Venus Approaching Mars? The EU's Approaches to Democracy Promotion in Comparative Perspective / T.A. Brzel & T. Risse -- Governance and Foreign Assistance / D.M. Girod, S.D. Krasner & K. Stoner Weiss -- Europe, the United States, and Middle Eastern Democracy / R. Youngs & T. Cofman Wittes -- Comparing EU and US Democracy: Promotion in the Mediterranean and the Newly Independent States / V.van Hüllen & A. Stahn -- Democracy or Stability? EU and US Engagement in the Southern Caucasus / T.A. Brzel, Y. Pamuk & A. Stahn -- Latin America is Different: Transatlantic Discord on How to Promote Democracy in 'Problematic' Countries / S. Gratius & T. Legler -- U.S. and EU Strategies to Promote Democracy in Indonesia / R. Kleinfeld -- Conclusions: Towards Transatlantic Democracy Promotion? / T. Risse Summary Are Americans and Europeans united or divided over the goal of promoting democracy and the rule of law around the globe? What strategies and instruments do they wield in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East in an effort to achieve these goals? And what do their successes and failures reveal both about the challenge of encouraging the spread of freedom and the nature of American and European foreign policies in the 21st century? These are some of the pressing questions tackled in this volume by a distinguished group of analysts from both sides of the Atlantic. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the authors demonstrate in detail that the U.S. and the EU share many common features in their democracy promotion strategies, including shared 'double standards'. This is a much anticipated study - one that provides the first systematic, comparative analysis of American and European efforts to transform governance in developing countries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Democratization -- Government policy -- United States Democratization -- Government policy -- European Union countries Democracy -- Developing countries Rule of law -- Developing countries Comparative politics. International relations. Political structures: democracy. Political science & theory. International law. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization. Politics and Government. Democracy Democratization -- Government policy Diplomatic relations Rule of law SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003697 European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008006052 United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries Subject Developing countries European Union countries United States Form Electronic book Author Magen, Amichai A. Risse, Thomas, 1955- McFaul, Michael, 1963- ISBN 9780230244528 0230244521 9780230220065 0230220061 9781349305599 1349305596

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