Interventions

An excellent up-to-date introduction to democracy promotion is long overdue. This book's subtle, challenging yet forward-looking analysis offers much more. It should be read by anyone with an interest in the subject. Peter Burnell, University of Warwick, UK.

Anyone who wishes to make sense of global politics in the twenty-first century will have to understand the meaning and dynamics of democracy promotion. Jeff Bridoux and Milja Kurki have provided a critical primer on this major new component of Western policy that will be of great interest to students, scholars and policymakers alike.William I. Robinson, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.

Asking hard questions and eschewing easy answers, this stimulating, insightful study take the reader on an absorbing journey into the heart of the key debates and dilemmas defining democracy promotion today. Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA.

Democracy Promotion asks all the right questions, providing an extraordinarily illuminating introduction not only to the practices and ideologies of contemporary democracy promotion per se, but also to many of the basic ideas of critical theories. While showing that democracy promotion has been closely connected to neoliberalisation and related hegemonic conceptions, Bridoux and Kurki carefully avoid over-simplications and conclude that democracy promotion is a multi-faceted practice which presents also opportunities for genuine emancipatory change. Highly recommended for students and practitioners of democracy across the world!

Heikki Patomaeki, Professor of World Politics, University of Helsinki, Finland.