HOMO DEMOCRATICUS: OR WHY DEMOCRACY SHOULD NOT BE THE OBJECTIVE OF US FOREIGN POLICY |
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| Authors: | Katharine Cornell Gorka |
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| Affiliation: | Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security, which is based in Budapest, Hungary |
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| 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. |
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