The New Democracy Wars: The Politics of North American Democracy Promotion in the Americas

The New Democracy Wars: The Politics of North American Democracy Promotion in the Americas
ISBN-10
1409449068
ISBN-13
9781409449065
Category
Political Science
Pages
185
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Neil A. Burron

Description

Burron provides a critical analysis of Canadian and US democracy promotion in the Americas. He concentrates on Haiti, Peru, and Bolivia in particular but situates them within a larger analysis of Canadian and US foreign policy - bilateral and regional - in the areas of trade, investment, diplomacy, security and, for the United States, the war on drugs. His main argument is that democracy promotion is typically formulated to advance commercial, geopolitical and security objectives that conflict with a genuine commitment to democratic development. Given this broad scope, the book is well positioned to contribute to a number of debates in comparative Latin American politics and international political economy (IPE) with a focus on North-South relations in the hemisphere.'.

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