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The interaction of interests and norms in international democracy promotion
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Abstract The existing research on international democracy promotion is characterised by a peculiar tension. On the one hand, many scholars agree that democracy promotion, since 1990, has indeed become a significant aim guiding the foreign and development policies of North-Western democracies. On the other ha... mehr
The existing research on international democracy promotion is characterised by a peculiar tension. On the one hand, many scholars agree that democracy promotion, since 1990, has indeed become a significant aim guiding the foreign and development policies of North-Western democracies. On the other hand, there is a far-reaching consensus that this normative goal is regularly ignored once it collides with economic and/or security interests. This article challenges the notion that we can understand the motives and drivers behind democracy promotion by assuming that interests and norms represent two neatly separated and clearly ranked types of factors. It argues that democracy promotion policies are the result of a complex interaction of interests and norms. After first developing this argument theoretically, the article presents results from a comparative research project on US and German democracy promotion that support this claim.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Wertsystem; Interessenpolitik; politische Ethik; wirtschaftliche Faktoren; USA; Demokratisierung; Außenpolitik; internationale Beziehungen
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
global; internationale Prozesse und Tendenzen; Außenpolitik einzelner Staaten; Bestimmungsfaktoren der Außenpolitik; außenpolitische Ziele; Demokratieförderung; ethische Faktoren der Außenpolitik; Interdependenz / Verflechtung; Normensetzungsfunktion internationaler Akteure; Theorie der internationalen Beziehungen; Modell (theoretisch); Wissenschaftlich-theoretische Analyse
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 80-107
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of international relations and development, 20 (2017) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/jird.2014.33
ISSN
1408-6980
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung