Liberal interventionism and democracy promotion / edited by Dursun Peksen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding the domestic and international sources of democratization: an introduction -- Funding freedom? the United States and democracy aid, 1988-2001 / James M. Scott -- Economic sanctions and international democracy promotion / Dursun Peksen and A. Cooper Drury -- Soft power and the question of democratization / Frederic S. Pearson and Marie Olson Lounsbery -- The International Monetary Fund and the prospects for democracy in the developing world / Stephen Nelson and Geoffrey Wallace -- The European Union membership and democracy promotion: the case of Turkey / Cigdem Kentmen -- Transnational NGO activism outside of democracies: the behavior and effect of human rights INGOs on political repression / Amanda M. Murdie -- The United Nations and democracy promotion: assessing the effectiveness of the UN's Democracy Fund and Electoral Assistance Division / Rollin F. Tusalem.

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Liberal Interventionism and Democracy Promotion, edited by Dursun Peksen, explores the extent to which various forms of foreign interventions and policy actors contribute to the spread of democracy. The contributors to this collection specifically evaluate the efficacy of four major tools-economic sanctions, foreign aid, external armed influences, and soft power-that are often used to advance political liberalization in authoritarian regimes. The book also assesses the performance of four major non-state actors-the International Monet.

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