{"product_id":"exporting-made-in-america-democracy-9780761824404","title":"Exporting Made in America Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExporting ''Made In America'' Democracy examines the various contradictory tensions that democracy-promotion produces in the context of an increasingly capitalist globalization of the world that has accelerated in the post-Cold War period and into the 21st century. According to the author, the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (1945-1991) brought the question of democracy to the forefront of modern political debate, and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet model was in part a consequence of the U.S. projection of its own capitalist democracy as a model to be exported and emulated throughout the world. Cavell argues the promise of democracy, as an Enlightenment ideal, has been to transcend the dichotomy of ruler and ruled by establishing self-rule of the people themselves as the normative basis of governance in the modern world. To the contrary, the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is promoting a market-oriented democracy benefiting corporate interests, which en\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile his argument is stated with energy and occassional eloquence, it is notable for its implicit assumptions, which are contestable...Cavell makes a telling point when he cautions that over-zealous US promotion of democracy abroad could become counterproductive. -- Stephen Hoadley, University of Aukland * Australian Journal of Political Science *\u003cbr\u003eWhile his argument is stated with energy and occassional eloquence, it is notable for its implicit assumptions, which are contestable...Cavell makes a telling point when he cautions that over-zealous US promotion of democracy abroad could become counterproductive. -- Stephen Hoadley, University of Aukland * Australian Journal of Political Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Democracy and Hegemony: Democracy Conceptualized; The Crisis of Political Obligation; Hegemony Conceptualized Chapter 6 From Westphalia to Globalization: The Level of Analysis in International Relations Reconsidered Chapter 7 Past U.S. Attempts to Export Democracy in Latin America Chapter 8 Origin, Structure, \u0026amp; Grantfunding Practices of the NED Chapter 9 Capitalism, Hegemony, and Democracy: A Short History of the Post-WWII LIEO; The New World Order of Global Capitalism: The Imperative of the Market \u0026amp; Its Democratic Cover Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037771825495,"sku":"9780761824404","price":63.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761824404.jpg?v=1750937236","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exporting-made-in-america-democracy-9780761824404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}