HOMO DEMOCRATICUS: OR WHY DEMOCRACY SHOULD NOT BE THE OBJECTIVE OF US FOREIGN POLICY

Katharine Cornell Gorka

Economic Affairs, 2007, vol. 27, issue 4, 70-73

Abstract: This article argues that government efforts to support democratisation in other countries are often counterproductive because they further strengthen government institutions over and above a responsible, active, citizenry and often target the wrong recipients because of government aversion to risk. Foreign assistance programmes would do better to support individual liberties rather than democracy.

Date: 2007
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