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Chargement... Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Ideapar Bob Rae
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. When I read this book, it was just over a year old -- and already dated in some aspects. So much has happened recently in the Middle East! But it remains evident that the author is someone who has thought long and hard about democracy. He takes us through time -- from Cromwell, Burke and Paine to the break up of the USSR and the rise of China and India. What is missing is discussion of civil institutions. Unions, co-operatives, government watchdogs can make a huge difference in political culture and in building or sustaining a democracy. At the end, I was left wondering what to conclude from this book. I wasn't optimistic about our ability to spread democracy much farther than it has already taken hold. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The way most Western politicians talk, democracy is the pinnacle of civilization, the best political system there is. Many think it's the system the rest of the world ought to adopt. Bob Rae is not one of them. He is too well informed about the difficulties and dangers of implanting democracy in foreign lands. Exporting Democracy is an eloquently argued book in which Rae brings his lively, nuanced understanding to bear on the history and current fortunes of this powerful idea. He shows how it and the related ideas of freedom, human rights, and federalism have been pushed to centre stage by the collapse of Soviet communism and by ongoing wars to topple secular and religious dictatorships in the Middle East. He's also witnessed attempts to implant democracy in three countries riven by tribal and ethnic divisions, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka, and offers readers a cool appraisal of the effort. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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