The despot's accomplice : how the West is aiding and abetting the decline of democracy / Brian Klaas.
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the West is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting pro-democracy forces abroad as governments in Washington, London and Brussels chase pyrrhic short-term economic and security victories. Friendly fire from Western democracies against democracy abroad is too high a price to pay for a myopic foreign policy that is ultimately making the world less prosperous, stable and democratic.
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- ISBN: 9780190903237 (softcover)
- Physical Description: xvi, 274 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Revised and updated"--Title page. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Accessory to authoritarianism -- A concise biography of democracy -- Spooking democracy -- Tunnel vision -- The "Savage Wars of Peace" -- The curse of low expectations -- Backing the wrong horse -- Golden handcuffs -- The unthinkable olive branch -- Fool's errands -- The carrot -- The new battleground -- City on a swamp -- The bear & the dragon -- Conclusion: The resurgence of democracy. |
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Subject: | Democracy. Democratization. East and West. |
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