The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy

The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy
ISBN-10
0190668016
ISBN-13
9780190668013
Category
Democracy
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Brian Paul Klaas

Description

"For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. Though the true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats, the West is often complicit in contributing to the global decline of democracy. In pursuit of short-term economic and political objectives, governments in Washington, London and Brussels ultimately make the world less prosperous and stable. As Brian Klaas argues in this ... new book, this is in nobody's interests, least of all Western democracies--it is time for a rethink. The Despot's Accomplice draws on interviews on the frontlines of the global struggle for democracy, from a poetry-reading, politician-kidnapping general in Madagascar, and Islamist torture victims in Tunisia, to Belarusian activists tailed by the KGB, and tea-sipping members of the Thai junta"--From publisher description.

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