The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

Throughout history, authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is, that humans are social primates with an innate tendency for hierarchical and authoritarian social and political structures. Democracy requires very special 'enabling conditions' before it can be supported by a state, conditions that require decades to evolve. As a result, attempts to export democracy through nation-building to states, without these enabling conditions are doomed to failure. The authors argue that money and energy devoted to nation-building around the globe, by the US would be better spent on problems facing the country domestically.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	A. Somit • S. Peterson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	159
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6781-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	1-4039-6781-4
Barcode:	9781403967817

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