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Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government
Democracy's Good Name The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government
Author: Michael Mandelbaum
The last thirty years have witnessed a remarkably rapid rise of democracies around the world. In 1975, only thirty countries were democracies. Today, 119 of the world?s 190 countries are democratic. How did democracy establish itself so quickly and so widely? Why do some important countries and regions remain undemocratic? In Democracy?s Good...  more », Michael Mandelbaum, one of America?s leading foreign policy thinkers, answers these questions. He discusses the relationship between democracy, on the one hand, and war and terrorism, on the other, and assesses the prospects for the establishment of democracy in Russia, China, and the Arab world. And he explains why the United States has found it so difficult to foster democratic governments in other countries.
ISBN-13: 9781586486648
ISBN-10: 1586486640
Publication Date: 8/4/2008
Pages: 336
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Book Type: Paperback
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