International Politics and National Political Regimes

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ABM Treaty
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Autocracy Promotion
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EU Political Conditionality
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780415694063
  • Weight: 410g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Dec 2011
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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There is much speculation about whether democracy is still advancing around the world and the influence that leading authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes such as Russia are starting to have on the trends.

This collection assesses global trends in democratisation, reviews the condition of international democracy promotion and enquires into whether serious competition in the form of autocracy promotion is now a major possibility. The influence of international politics on national political regimes is explored in more detail for Russia’s resistance to democracy promotion and Russian influence on regimes in Central Asia in particular, along with an Indian perspective on India’s reluctance to push for democracy abroad and concerns that democracy promotion itself should be considered more critically if it undermines democratisation in foreign aid-dependent states. The book concludes by briefly addressing the potential significance of the 2011 ‘Arab spring’ for these themes.

This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics.

Peter Burnell is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, England. Oliver Schlumberger is Professor of Middle East and Comparative Politics at Tübingen University, Germany.