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Between norms and interests: US and German democracy promotion in comparison

[working paper]

Wolff, Jonas
Spanger, Hans-Joachim
Karakas, Cemal

Corporate Editor
Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Abstract

Academic interest in democracy promotion notwithstanding, there is still little research that systematically compares different democracy promoters with a view to identifying the factors that explain variance in democracy promotion policies. The paper presents results of a research project that set ... view more

Academic interest in democracy promotion notwithstanding, there is still little research that systematically compares different democracy promoters with a view to identifying the factors that explain variance in democracy promotion policies. The paper presents results of a research project that set out to contribute to filling this gap by analyzing the democracy promotion policies of two "donors" (USA, Germany) towards six "recipient" countries (Pakistan and Turkey, Bolivia and Ecuador, Russia and Belarus). It studies how "donor" states react to specific challenges that arise from "recipient" countries and that lead to conflicting objectives on the part of the democracy promoters. The paper asks how democracy promoters, across the twelve cases, deal with conflicting objectives and assesses the overall national patterns that characterize U.S. and German democracy promotion. With a view to both tasks, the paper offers causal explanations that are based on a theoretical framework that combines power-, interest- and norm-based determinants. While the mainstream view argues that "hard" interests regularly prevail over "soft" norms in cases of conflict, the analysis shows that the causal effect of the individual determinants on democracy promotion is not uniform, but depends on both the configuration of determinants and on the specific conditions in the "recipient" country.... view less

Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; United States of America; democratization; international comparison; Pakistan; Turkey; Bolivia; Ecuador; Russia; Belorussia; conflict potential; conflict of objectives

Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Document language
English

Publication Year
2012

City
Frankfurt am Main

Page/Pages
21 p.

Series
PRIF Working Papers, 15

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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