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Why divisions have deepened and what can be done to heal them. As
one part of the global democratic recession, severe political
polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies
alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising
societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative
analysis of this troubling global phenomenon, offering in-depth
case studies of countries as wide-ranging and important as Brazil,
India, Kenya, Poland, Turkey, and the United States. The case study
authors are a diverse group of country and regional experts, each
with deep local knowledge and experience. Democracies Divided
identifies and examines the fissures that are dividing societies
and the factors bringing polarization to a boil. In nearly every
case under study, political entrepreneurs have exploited and
exacerbated long-simmering divisions for their own purposes-in the
process undermining the prospects for democratic consensus and
productive governance. But this book is not simply a diagnosis of
what has gone wrong. Each case study discusses actions that
concerned citizens and organizations are taking to counter
polarizing forces, whether through reforms to political parties,
institutions, or the media. The book's editors distill from the
case studies a range of possible ways for restoring consensus and
defeating polarization in the world's democracies. Timely,
rigorous, and accessible, this book is of compelling interest to
civic activists, political actors, scholars, and ordinary citizens
in societies beset by increasingly rancorous partisanship.
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This title introduces soccer fans to the history of one of the top
MLS clubs, Columbus Crew SC. The title features informative
sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, a glossary, and
an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state
standards.
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A new lens on development is changing the world of international
aid. The overdue recognition that development in all sectors is an
inherently political process is driving aid providers to try to
learn how to think and act politically. Major donors are pursuing
explicitly political goals alongside their traditional
socioeconomic aims and introducing more politically informed
methods throughout their work. Yet these changes face an array of
external and internal obstacles, from heightened sensitivity on the
part of many aid-receiving governments about foreign political
interventionism to inflexible aid delivery mechanisms and
entrenched technocratic preferences within many aid organizations.
This pathbreaking book assesses the progress and pitfalls of the
attempted politics revolution in development aid and charts a
constructive way forward.
Beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption,
ideological incoherence, and narrow electoral majorities, political
parties are the weakest link in many democratic transitions around
the world. A large and ever-growing number of U.S., European, and
multilateral assistance programs seek to help parties become
effective pro-democratic actors. But given the depth of the
problems, is success possible? Confronting the Weakest Link is a
pathbreaking study of international aid for political parties.
Beginning with a penetrating analysis of party shortcomings in
developing and postcommunist countries, Thomas Carothers draws on
extensive field research to diagnose chronic deficiencies in party
aid, assess its overall impact, and offer practical ideas for doing
better. This critical analysis spans Latin America, Central and
Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, the Middle East,
and Asia. It sheds invaluable light on a major element of the
contemporary challenge of democracy building, a subject now
occupying center stage in the international policy arena.
Over the past decade, Carothers has established himself as the
leading U.S. expert on democracy promotion. He is a powerful critic
not only of the nuts-and-bolts of democracy assistance but also of
U.S. grand strategy overall. -SAIS Review Promoting the rule of law
has become a major part of Western efforts to spread democracy and
market economics around the world. Yet, although programs to foster
the rule of law abroad have mushroomed, well-grounded knowledge
about what factors ensure success, and why, remains scarce. In
Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad, leading practitioners and
policy-oriented scholars draw on years of experience -in Russia,
China, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East,
and Africa -to critically assess the rationale, methods, and goals
of rule-of-law policies. These incisive, accessible essays offer
vivid portrayals and penetrating analyses of the challenges that
define this vital but surprisingly little-understood field.
Contributors include Rachel Belton (Truman National Security
Project), Lisa Bhansali (World Bank), Christina Biebesheimer (World
Bank), Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment), Wade Channell,
Stephen Golub, and David Mednicoff (University of Massachusetts,
Amherst), Laure-Helene Piron (Overseas Development Institute),
Matthew Spence (Yale Law School), Matthew Stephenson (Harvard Law
School), and Frank Upham (NYU School of Law).
This is the first comprehensive, even-handed examination of U.S.
policy in Latin America during the Reagan era. Drawing on
interviews with U.S. officials and his own perspective as a former
State Department lawyer, Thomas Carothers sheds new light on the
much-discussed U.S. involvements in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and
Panama and turns up varied and often unexpected findings in
less-studied countries such as Bolivia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and
Chile. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program,
which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek
out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach,
and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again
using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally
published in 1991.
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women's World Cup. Chapters cover rivalries and underdogs in the
finals. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy
photos, and a glossary.
This is the first comprehensive, even-handed examination of U.S.
policy in Latin America during the Reagan era. Drawing on
interviews with U.S. officials and his own perspective as a former
State Department lawyer, Thomas Carothers sheds new light on the
much-discussed U.S. involvements in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and
Panama and turns up varied and often unexpected findings in
less-studied countries such as Bolivia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and
Chile. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived
program, which commemorates University of California Press’s
mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them
voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893,
Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1991.
In recent years, assistance aimed at promoting democracy abroad has
become a major component of U.S. foreign aid and of the U.S.
government's post-Cold War policy of seeking to enlarge the
international community of democratic nations. Despite its rapid
growth, however, democracy assistance remains poorly understood in
practice, and its value is frequently questioned. This landmark
study, an examination of U.S. democracy assistance efforts in
Romania, is the first comprehensive analysis of the workings - and
failings - of U.S. democracy assistance in one country. Based on
the author's extensive field research, the study provides widely
applicable answers to key questions about the value, strategies,
methods, and future of such assistance.
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