Readership: Scholars and students of international relations, American Politics, Democratic Theory,
Edited by Michael Cox, Department of International Politics, University of Wales, John Ikenberry, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, and Takashi Inoguchi, The United Nations University, Japan
"This excellent edited volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to examine US efforts to promote democracy abroad." - Journal of Peace Research
"This is a hugely impressive collection of essays, viewpoints and analyses. It represents the most important published attempt to come to grips with an issue which lies at the heart of contemporary international politics." - The World Today
"Consisting of fifteen illuminating essays, American Democracy Promotion offers a vigorous debate about the current direction of U.S. Foreign Policy. Anyone interested in international affairs -which should be all of us- should read this truly path-breaking book." - Douglas Brinkley, Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and Professor of History at the University of New Orleans
Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry and Takashi Inoguchi: Introduction Part I: US Democracy Promotion in Theory 1: Michael Doyle: Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy 2: Randall Schweller: US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections 3: Steve Smith: US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions Part II: Democracy Promotion as US Grand Strategy? 4: Tony Smith: National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy 5: G. John Ikenberry: America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era 6: Henry Nau: America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism Part III: US Democracy Promotion: the Domestic Context 7: Ole R. Holsti: Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand? 8: Thomas Carothers: Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance 9: Jason Ralph: High Stakes and Low Intensity Democracy: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy 10: Michael Cox: Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of Democracy Part IV: US Democracy Promotion in Practice 11: Peter Rutland: Russia: Limping along towards American Democracy? 12: Takashi Inoguchi: Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific 13: Georg Sorensen: The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited 14: William Robinson: Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America 15: Barry Gills: American Power, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Low Intensity Democracy: an Unstable Trinity
