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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the instrumental
value of democracy in a comparative perspective. Based on extensive
analyses of quantitative studies from different disciplines, it
explores both the expected beneficial and harmful impact of
democracy. Democracy's reputation as delivering peace and
development while controlling corruption is an important source of
its own legitimacy. Yet, as this book acutely demonstrates, the
arguments tend to be normatively driven interventions in
ideologically charged policy debates. The book argues that we need
neither a utopian framing of democracy as delivering all 'good
things' in politics nor a cynical one that emphasizes only the
'dangerous underbelly' of this form of government. The author also
raises critical questions about the value of the study of
democracy: the choice for particular concepts and measures, the
unknown mechanisms, and the narrow focus on specific instrumental
values. This volume will be necessary reading for anyone interested
in debates on democracy in the contemporary global context.
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