Perspectives on human development theory in democracy promotion: A comparison of democracy promotion programmes in Egypt through the lenses of classical and revised modernisation theory

Inger Dyrnes ()
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Inger Dyrnes: IASS, Potsdam

No 2012-045, MERIT Working Papers from United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)

Abstract: This paper argues that the concept of socio-economic development needs to be redefined for the purpose of effective democracy promotion. By including aspects from human development theory, advocates of revised modernisation theory state that mass values in a society shift towards a preferance for democracy as higher levels socio-economic development provide existential security. This implies that a democratic culture shapes its institutions and not the other way around. If donor countries are willing to make long-term investments in human resources rather than focus on short-term improvements of state institutions, effective democracy may stand a better chance of developing.

Keywords: democratisation; human development theory; socio-economic development; foreign development aid; USAID; Egypt; Middle East; foreign policy; international relations; governance; civil society; institutional development; economic policy; judicial reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F59 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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