Promoting polyarchy: globalization, US intervention, and hegemony

by Robinson, William I.

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Full title :Promoting polyarchy : globalization, US intervention, and hegemony / William I. Robinson.

Summary

Promoting Polyarchy is an exciting, detailed, and controversial work on the apparent change in US foreign policy from supporting dictatorships to an 'open' promotion of 'democratic' regimes. William I. Robinson argues that behind the façade of 'democracy promotion', the policy is designed more to retain the elite-based and undemocratic status quo of Third World countries than to encourage mass aspirations for democratization. He supports this challenging argument with a wealth of information garnered from field work and hitherto unpublished government documents, and assembled in case studies of the Philippines, Chile, Nicaragua, Haiti, South Africa, and the former Soviet Bloc. With its combination of theoretical and historical analysis, empirical argument, and bold claims, Promoting Polyarchy is an essential book for anyone concerned with democracy, globalization and international affairs. Winner of the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Political Economy of the World section of the American Sociological Association.--Publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 466 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521562031, 9780521562034, 0521566916, 9780521566919
oclc:ocm34080051
LC Classification:E876
Dewey Decimal:327.73

Introduction. From east-west to north-south: US intervention in the "new world order" -- From "straight power concepts" to "persuasion" in US foreign policy -- Political operations in US foreign policy -- The Philippines: "molded in the image of American democracy" -- Chile: ironing out "a fluke of the political system" -- Nicaragua: from low-intensity warfare to low-intensity democracy -- Haiti: the "practically insolvable problem" of establishing consensual domination -- Conclusions: the future of polyarchy and global society.

Subjects

15.85 history of America 89.70 international relations: general Außenpolitik Buitenlandse interventie Buitenlandse politiek democracy Democracy -- History -- 20th century Democracy -- History -- 20th century. -… Démocratie -- 20e siècle. -- États-Unis Démocratie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Démocratie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. -… Democratisering Demokratie Demokratisierung Diplomatic relations États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … Etats-Unis d'Amérique Foreign policy Foreign relations