International democracy and the West: the role of governments, civil society, and multinational business
In: Oxford studies in democratization
This book adds to debates over the international dimensions of democratic change by studying the policies and actions of three sets of Western actors: namely, governments, multinational companies, and international NGOs. This actor-based triangular approach responds to observations that the strategic, economic, and social aspects of international democracy have rarely been studied in a combined, holistic fashion. During the 1990s, Western governments, multinational companies, andcivil society organizations all came to engage more notably in debates over democratic trends. But were they genuine