Democracy Promotion

10 Rules for Understanding Civil Society Imperialism
... funded by the US Congress’s National Endowment for Democracy, the US State Department’s USAID, Britain’s Westminster Foundation for Democracy, Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and other Western “democracy promotion” agencies, ...

Let’s all say it together: there is no ‘freedom agenda’
The very idea that there’sa genuine “American freedom agenda” is rather foolish, and the notion that “experts agree” that Bush has taken democracy promotion “to an entirely new level” may come directly from White House talking points, ...

Iraq War- I blame Conservos
Instead, the invasion set it back in multiple senses, said Larry Diamond, a Stanford University expert on democracy promotion and author of the new book, The Spirit of Democracy. Number one, it didn't go well, he said. ...

Recruiting Spies in the Peace Corps
And recently published investigations into USAID, and specifically into its Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), which handled “democracy promotion” work in Bolivia from 2004 until 2007, have been similarly alarming. ...

Spinning Adam Smith
In recent years, Europe and the United States have switched, at least outwardly, to a policy emphasizing the promotion of democracy, human rights, and transparency in their relations with poor countries. There has been reluctance to ...

REVIEW: ‘IS DEMOCRACY POSSIBLE?’
In its introduction this book acknowledges that pure democracy - all the people making all the public decisions - is impossible or ineffectual, at least given today’s large populations. However, the practical question is whether a ...

My links 03/16/2008
Even the paid times were not available for promotion. Strengths of Serbia Movement appeal the international public to support establishing basic human rights for its leader. The party is looking forward to contributing democracy and ...

Windsor Liberty Seminar Report
He shared how no one can provide one example of a modern stable democracy based on a non-market economy. He showed how we should aim to change the opinions out there by provide a wide audience with good information about the situation. ...

GLBT DIGEST March 16, 2008
He says the other picks were too liberal and reflected theschool's promotion of a gay agenda. Two colleagues filed a sexual harassmentcomplaint against Savage and said the recommendation showed he washomophobic. ...

Socialist programming of children in public schools
In Democracy and Education, John Dewy wrote, “There is always the danger that increased personal independence will decrease the social capacity of an individual. In making him more self-reliant, it may make him more self-sufficient… ...