The UN Role in Promoting Democracy: Between Ideals and Reality by Roland Rich

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  • Pub. Date: November 2004
  • 320pp

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    • Pub. Date: November 2004
    • Publisher: United Nations University Press
    • Format: Paperback, 320pp

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    Newman (Peace and Governance Programme, United Nations University) and Rich (director, Centre for Democratic Institutions, Australian National U.) present 14 essays considering normative issues raised by the idea of democracy promotion by the United Nations and assessing how it has actually worked in practice. The thematic papers consider such topics as the legal justification for democracy promotion, the evolution Security Council terminology in resolutions related to democracy assistance, the problems surrounding the "benevolent autocracy" of UN transitional administrations, and the possibility that democracy promotion may be used as a cover for unilateral neo- imperial initiatives. A few essays provide consideration of the general UN experience with democracy promotion, while the remainder provide assessments of actual initiatives undertaken in Namibia, Cambodia, Kosovo, East Timor, and Afghanistan. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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