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Book SynopsisLooks at how the US government, the World Bank, political scientists, NGOs, and various international organizations have appropriated the movement for democracy and human rights to export neoliberal policies. This book charts the various symbolic, ideological, and political meanings that have developed around human rights and democracy movements.
Trade ReviewThis is a fine contribution to ongoing debates about human rights and democratization policy. -- Chandra Lekha Sriram International Affairs A thorough grasp of the intellectual and institutional development of democratization theory and U.S. foreign policy... an important book. -- Suzanne Ogden Political Science Quarterly Guilhot is to be congratulated for producing a coherent and purposeful account. Democratization This book is an excellent source of information on the significant subjects of international relations, foreign policy, and human rights. -- Shreesh Juyal International Journal An admirably rich and scholarly contribution to the new development agenda. International Sociology Review of Books
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Cosmopolitics of Democratization 1. From Cold Warriors to Human Rights Activists 2. The Field Of Democracy and Human Rights: Shaping a Professional Arena Around a New Liberal Consensus 3. From the Development Engineers to the Democracy Doctors: The Rise And Fall of ModernizationTheory 4. Democratization Studies and the Construction of a New Orthodoxy 5. International Relations Theory and the Emancipatory Narrative of Human Rights Networks 6. Financing the Construction of "Market Democracies": The World Bank and the Global Supervision of "Good Governance" Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects
