Marketing Democracy

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-108-94797-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 64, 247 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Cambridge Middle East Studies

For nearly two decades, the United States devoted more than $2 billion towards democracy promotion in the Middle East with seemingly little impact. To understand the limited impact of this aid and the decision of authoritarian regimes to allow democracy programs whose ultimate aim is to challenge the power of such regimes, Marketing Democracy examines the construction and practice of democracy aid in Washington DC and in Egypt and Morocco, two of the highest recipients of US democracy aid in the region. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, novel new data on the professional histories of democracy promoters, archival research and recently declassified government documents, Erin A. Snider focuses on the voices and practices of those engaged in democracy work over the last three decades to offer a new framework for understanding the political economy of democracy aid. Her research shows how democracy aid can work to strengthen rather than challenge authoritarian regimes. Marketing Democracy fundamentally challenges scholars to rethink how we study democracy aid and how the ideas of democracy that underlie democracy programs come to reflect the views of donors and recipient regimes rather than indigenous demand.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Snider, Erin A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction and Argument: 1. Introduction; 2. A political economy of democracy aid; Part II. Marketing Democracy: 3. Ideas and the institutional architecture of democracy Aid; 4. Neoliberalism on the Nile: US democracy aid in Egypt; 5. Reforming the kingdom: US democracy aid in Morocco; Part III. Securing Democracy: 6. The politics of democracy aid after the Arab uprisings.

Über Autor(innen)

Snider, Erin A.
Erin A. Snider is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government and Public Service. She was a Fellow at the New America Foundation, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University's Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge, and a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt. Her research has been published in International Studies Quarterly, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Middle East Policy, amongst others. She holds a PhD in politics from the University of Cambridge.