Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy Promotion FROM THE PUBLISHER
Demand for practical knowledge and lessons about how the United
States and other countries can more effectively promote democracy around the
world has never been higher. This timely book by Thomas Carothers, one of the
foremost authorities worldwide on democracy building, helps meet that need.
Critical Mission draws together a wide-ranging set of Carothersﾽs many seminal,
widely cited essays, organized around four vital themes: the role of democracy
promotion in U.S. foreign policy; the core elements of democracy aid; the state
of democracy in the world; and the new U.S. push to promote democracy in the
Middle East.
From puncturing myths about promoting civil society to sizing up the
prospects for democracy in the Arab world, Carothers is consistently
penetrating, incisive, and challenging to policymakers, democracy activists, and
scholars alike.The book also includes the only up-to-date, comprehensive
bibliography on democracy promotion.
Author
Description:Thomas
Carothers is director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie
Endowment. He is also author of the best selling Aiding Democracy Abroad: The
Learning Curve (Carnegie, 1999).
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Robert Kagan
"Thomas Carothers is the world's leading authority on democracy promotion. Though a passionate believer in the virtues of democracy, Carothers is no romantic. His analysis is as rigorous as it is compelling. This brilliant collection of essays reveals his unique sensibility: both hardheaded and humane. For anyone interested in the promise and pitfalls of promoting democracy around the world, Carothers's book is a gold mine." — author, OF PARADISE AND POWER
Michael W. Doyle
"The Promotion of democracy has never had a more thoughtful advocate or a tougher critic than Thomas Carothers. Balanced, incisive, steeped in local knowledge and yet focused on the big picture, this remarkable collection of trenchant essays is full of good judgments and sharp insights. Essential reading for both democracy's critics and its advocates." — Columbia University, author, WAYS OF WAR AND PEACE
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