The Democracy Advantage
How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-415-99065-3 (ISBN)
Description
Reviewing 40 years of hard, empirical data, from China and India to Chile and Iraq, the authors show that poor democracies beat poor autocracies in every economic measure. In addition, the authors offer dramatic evidence that democracies are less likely to fight each other and that terrorists more often find safe haven in authoritarian countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.
Reviews / Votes
"This valuable and timely volume obliterates the myth--beloved of dictators--that democracy is somehow the enemy of development rather than an essential ally. Here is a treasury of evidence that freedom is not only right--it works." -- Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
"Meticulously researched, this book makes the overdue case that democracy helps not hinders poverty reduction. It takes a well-aimed blow at the canard that poor countries need the smack of authoritarian government if they are to have the discipline to grow
." -- Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
15 s/w Tabellen, 22 s/w Zeichnungen
15 Tables, black and white; 22 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
457 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-99065-3 (9780415990653)
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Morton Halperin | Joe Siegle | Michael Weinstein
The Democracy Advantage
How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
E-Book
12/2009
Routledge
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Morton Halperin | Joe Siegle | Michael Weinstein
The Democracy Advantage
How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
E-Book
12/2009
Routledge
€52.49
Available for download
Morton Halperin | Joe Siegle | Michael Weinstein
The Democracy Advantage
How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace
Book
11/2004
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Morton Halperin is one of America's most respected foreign policy analysts and served in the Clinton, Nixon, and Johnson administrations. He taught at Harvard and is currently the Senior Vice President of the Center for American Progress.
Joseph T. Siegle has done extensive research pn developing countries and is the Douglas Dillon Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Michael Weinstein is Director of Programs for the Robin Hood Foundation and publishes frequently on the editorial pages of The New York Times.
Joseph T. Siegle has done extensive research pn developing countries and is the Douglas Dillon Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Michael Weinstein is Director of Programs for the Robin Hood Foundation and publishes frequently on the editorial pages of The New York Times.
Content
Prologue 1. Exposing a 50-Year-Old Myth 2. Democracy and Development: Setting the record right 3. Sustaining New Democracies 4. Democracy and Security 5. Making Development Safe for Democracy 6. Democracy as the Default Option 7. Bringing Democracy Into the Center of a Comprehensive Development Strategy 8. The Great Race Appendices Endnotes Bibliography About the Authors