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"Though scholarly attention to democracy promotion is increasing, there is still little comparative and theoretically-based work on the protagonists of democracy promotion. This book investigates the motives that drive democracy promotion in a comparative and theoretically oriented manner, exploring how democracy promoters deal with conflicting objectives and the factors that shape their behaviour. It also addresses the more policy-oriented debate on the contemporary challenges to democracy promotion, focusing on US and German policies towards three kinds of challenges: the emergence of 'radical' leftist governments in Bolivia and Ecuador, the political rise of Islamist movements in Turkey and Pakistan, and the consolidation of (semi- )authoritarian rule in Belarus and Russia. In each case, North-Western democracy promoters have been confronted with serious conflicts of objectives between security, economic interests and democracy promotion. The analysis and comparison of such situations in which democracy promoters have to deal with competing objectives and make tough decisions provides powerful evidence as to the factors that shape democracy promotion."--Publisher website

Demokratieförderung soll, so der Anspruch, sowohl den Interessen als auch den Normen westlicher Demokratien entsprechen. In der Praxis ist sie allerdings regelmäßig mit Zielkonflikten konfrontiert. In theoriegeleiteter, komparativer Perspektive fragt der Band, wie Demokratieförderer mit Zielkonflikten umgehen, und analysiert die Bestimmungsfaktoren der Demokratieförderung. Untersucht wird die Politik der USA und Deutschlands gegenüber Belarus, Bolivien, Ecuador, Pakistan, Russland und der Türkei. Die Studie versammelt qualitative Einzelfallstudien und vergleichende Analysen. Sie zeigt, wie sich in der internationalen Förderung der Demokratie widersprüchliche Normen und Interessen artikulieren – und was das für die Praxis der Demokratieförderung bedeutet.Mit Beiträgen von: Aser Babajew, Niels Graf, Cemal Karakas, Annika E. Poppe, Daniel Schewe, Hans-Joachim Spanger, Bentje Woitschach, Jonas Wolff und Iris Wurm

This volume presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behaviour and support for democracy in 13 countries on four continents. It is based on national election surveys held in 'old' and 'new' democracies in Europe and Asia (Hong Kong) between 1990 and 2004