Democracy promotion and foreign policy : identity and interests in US, EU and non-Western democracies / Daniela Huber.

"Democracy promotion is an established principle in US and EU foreign policies today, but how did it become so? In focusing on the promotion of democracy, this comparative study explores one of the most controversial foreign policy phenomena of our time. Drawing on a broad range of examples, from es...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huber, Daniela
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Physical Description:xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
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  • PART I: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION - WHO DOES WHAT AND WHY?
  • 1. Who Promotes Democracy? The Protagonists
  • 2. What is Democracy Promotion? The Explanandum
  • 3. Why is Democracy Promoted? The Argument
  • PART II: THE US AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA IN THE LAST PERIOD OF THE COLD WAR
  • 4. The Return of Democracy Promotion to US Foreign Policy
  • 5. A Decade of Crisis in Central and South America
  • 6. The Unearthing of a Democratic Role Identity and its Activation in a Grand Foreign Policy Debate
  • PART III: THE EU AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR
  • 7. The EU's Approach to Democracy Promotion and its Ups and Downs in the Mediterranean Region
  • 8. The EU's New Security Environment
  • 9. The Formation of a Democratic Role Identity, its Hype and Subsequent Stumbling
  • PART IV: TURKEY AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION SINCE THE EARLY 2000S
  • 10. The Emergence of Democracy Promotion in Turkish Foreign Policy
  • 11. The De-securitization of Foreign Policy
  • 12. Turkey's Evolving Democratic Role Identity and its Activation Through Two Relevant Others
  • Conclusions.