Research Catalog

Title

The democracy advantage : how democracies promote prosperity and peace / Morton H. Halperin, Joseph T. Siegle, Michael M. Weinstein.

Author

Halperin, Morton H.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Siegle, Joseph T., 1961-
• Weinstein, Michael M.

Description

xvii, 274 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Democracy Advantage provides an empirically-grounded analysis of the consistently positive development track record of poor countries with democratic governments versus those with more oppressive political systems. Building on the democratic peace literature, Halperin, Siegle, and Weinstein connect the dots of how democracy and development contribute to lower levels of intrastate conflict and popular support for extremist ideologies. This analysis provides a foundation for a series of policy recommendations for how democracy can become a more central feature of US and international engagement in the developing world. The Democracy Advantage is an evenly argued liberal internationalist justification for making democracy a central feature of US foreign policy."--Book cover.

Alternative Title

How democracies promote prosperity and peace

Subject

• Democracy
• Economic development > Political aspects
• Political science > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Exposing a 50-year-old myth -- Setting the record right -- Sustaining new democracies -- Democracy and security -- Making development safe for democracy -- Democracy as the default option -- Bringing democracy to the center of development -- The great race.

ISBN

• 9780415990653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0415990653 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009033943

OCLC

• 440562809
• SCSB-12034177

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library