The Poisoned Chalice of US Democracy: Studies from the Horn of Africa
Autor John Youngen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350374584
ISBN-10: 135037458X
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 135037458X
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Suggests alternative democratic models for the Global South premised on national sovereignty over international businesses, systematic citizens' engagement, and guaranteed socio-economic justice
Notă biografică
John Young is the author of Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia: Tigray People's Liberation Front 1975 - 1991 (1997); The Fate of Sudan: The Origins and Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process (Zed Books, 2012); and South Sudan's Civil War: Violence, Insurgency and Failed Peacemaking (Zed Books, 2019).
Cuprins
PrefaceIntroduction1. Rise and Decline of US Democracy2. Horn of Africa Relations in the Wake of US Decline3. Ethiopia and the Challenge of Democracy4. Sudan, the United States, and the Propagation of Democracy5. South Sudan: Another Failed US Democracy ProjectConclusionFinal Words
Recenzii
A brilliant exposure of the flawed theory and practice of democracy promotion as a tool of US foreign policy. Poorly practiced at home, US 'democracy', embedded in global capitalism produces failed states in the global south, where stronger national sovereignty is necessary to achieve authentic democracy rooted in local cultures.
This is a captivating analysis of how the system of governance has evolved in Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan and the common features among them. A must read for those interested in the politics and economics of the Global South, especially the Horn of Africa.
It is the most fascinating, detailed and timely book that demonstrates the global decline of Western democracy and how it lost its soul when it abandoned its core values: citizen's engagement, accountability, and socio-economic justice and became 'the best democracy money can buy.' The book further demonstrates how while declining at home, western powers still export its ideals to countries in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Three of these countries face national self-determination claims albeit to varying degrees with Ethiopia hosting countless national liberation front's demanding a more robust consociational arrangements. The book shows how western model of democracy is misplaced and even if the ideals were to be pursed with vigor, it is trumped by concerns with security and other regional interests as it deed in Sudan in 2019, South Sudan and Ethiopia following the protests in 2018 where popular demands for democracy got aborted. The author's most outstanding critic however is that western democracy that grew in a different context cannot prosper in a different soil in the Horn of Africa where demands for national self-determination and socio-economic justice take center stage, more so when it is ailing at home. The book is a must read for those interested in the political developments in the Horn, be it academics, students or regional and international actors
This is a captivating analysis of how the system of governance has evolved in Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan and the common features among them. A must read for those interested in the politics and economics of the Global South, especially the Horn of Africa.
It is the most fascinating, detailed and timely book that demonstrates the global decline of Western democracy and how it lost its soul when it abandoned its core values: citizen's engagement, accountability, and socio-economic justice and became 'the best democracy money can buy.' The book further demonstrates how while declining at home, western powers still export its ideals to countries in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Three of these countries face national self-determination claims albeit to varying degrees with Ethiopia hosting countless national liberation front's demanding a more robust consociational arrangements. The book shows how western model of democracy is misplaced and even if the ideals were to be pursed with vigor, it is trumped by concerns with security and other regional interests as it deed in Sudan in 2019, South Sudan and Ethiopia following the protests in 2018 where popular demands for democracy got aborted. The author's most outstanding critic however is that western democracy that grew in a different context cannot prosper in a different soil in the Horn of Africa where demands for national self-determination and socio-economic justice take center stage, more so when it is ailing at home. The book is a must read for those interested in the political developments in the Horn, be it academics, students or regional and international actors