Western Conceptions of Democracy and the Transatlantic Divide over Democracy Promotion

Dr. Golareh Khalilpour

doi:10.5771/9783748905639

Summary

Do liberal Western democracies share a common understanding of democracy? If so, why is there a transatlantic divide over the promotion of democracy? While the US applies a bottom-up strategy in this respect, the European Union pursues a top-down approach. While there is consensus as to the desirability of the external promotion of democracy, disagreement persists as to what kinds of strategies work more effectively.

This book suggests that differences between the US and Europe in terms of the promotion of democracy derive from different historical backgrounds, experiences with political modernisation and, hence, historically embedded conceptions of democracy. Democracy promoters choose instruments that advance their vision of an ideal transition and that are congruent with their respective understandings of democracy. This book’s analysis of media debates in four Western democracies reveals different understandings with regard to the key aspects of democracy across the Atlantic and contributes to research on the transatlantic divide in this regard.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6440-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0563-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Neue Amerika-Studien
Volume: 7
Language: English
Pages: 278
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 21
1. 1.1 Research Question and Central Argument No access
2. 1.2 Media Coverage on Wars and Military Interventions No access
3. 1.3 Added Value and Structure of Book No access
1. 2.1 Conceptualizing Democracy Promotion No access
2. 2.2 Democratization and Democracy Promotion in Academic Discourse No access
3. 2.3 The Evolution of Democracy Promotion in the West No access
4. 2.4 Transatlantic Tendencies in Democracy Promotion: Bottom up versus Top Down No access
5. 2.5 How Democracies emerge – A Question of Sequence: State Institutions first, Citizen Participation second, or the other way round? No access
6. 2.6 The Divide Across The Atlantic No access
7. 1. 2.7.1 The Collapse of the Soviet Union No access
  2. 2.7.2 The 2003 Iraq Invasion No access
  3. 2.7.3 The Orange Revolution and the Maidan Protests of 2014 No access
  4. 2.7.4 The Arab Spring and Libya’s failed democratic transition No access
  5. 2.7.5 Interim Conclusion: Transatlantic Divide over Assumptions about Democratization No access
1. 1. 1. 3.1.1.1 Antiquated Institutions and Modern Participation in New England No access
    2. 3.1.1.2 Andrew Jackson’s Anti-Institutionalist Legacy No access
  2. 1. 3.1.2.1 Revolution and Liberation No access
    2. 3.1.2.2 Ascendent Institutions and Outdistanced Civil Society No access
2. 1. 3.2.1 Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson: Three Conceptions of Democracy No access
  2. 3.2.2 Theorizing the Impact of Conceptions of Democracy on Democracy Promotion No access
  3. 1. Hypothesis 1 No access
    2. Hypothesis 2 No access
    3. Hypothesis 3 No access
    4. Hypothesis 4 No access
1. 4.1 Content Analysis as a Tool to Trace Conceptions No access
2. 4.2 Data, Country Selection, and Period of Study No access
3. 1. 4.3.1 Confronting Word Sense Ambiguity No access
  2. 4.3.2 Outcome Variables: Conception of Democracy No access
1. 5.1 Data Preparation No access
2. 5.2 Time-Series Plots: Conceptions of Democracy in Media Discourse No access
3. 5.3 Accounting for the Political Leanings of Newspapers No access
4. 5.4 Time-Series Diagnostics: Democracy in Media Discourse No access
5. 5.5 Time-Series Analysis: Democracy in Media Discourse No access
1. 6.1 Summary of the Empirical Findings No access
2. 6.2 Implications for the Future of Transatlantic Democracy Promotion No access
3. 6.3 Open Questions and Perspectives for Future Research No access
Bibliography No access Pages 241 - 256
1. 1. A) United States of America: 276 Observations No access
  2. B) Germany: 238 Observations No access
  3. C) United Kingdom: 275 Observations No access
  4. D) France: 192 Observations No access
2. Appendix B: Augmented Dickey-Fuller Tests For Units Roots No access
3. Appendix C: Time-Series Diagnostic Plots No access

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