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The Failure of Democratic Nation Building ― Ideology Meets Evolution

ISBN13：9781403967817
出版社：Palgrave Macmillan
作者：Albert Somit; Steven A. Peterson
出版日：2005/11/27
裝訂／頁數：精裝／159頁
規格：21.6cm*14.6cm*1.9cm (高/寬/厚)
關鍵字： The Failure of Democratic Nation Building ― Ideology Meets Evolution、 The、 Failure、 of、 Democratic、 Nation、 Building、 Ideology、 Meets、 Evolution、 Palgrave Macmillan、 Albert Somit、 Steven A. Peterson、外文書、 International relations、

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商品簡介

Throughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is that humans are social primates with an innate tendency for hierarchical and authoritarian social and political structures. Democracy requires very special 'enabling conditions' before it can be supported by a state, conditions that require decades to evolve. As a result, attempts to export democracy through nation-building to states without these enabling conditions are doomed to failure. The authors argue that money and energy devoted to nation-building around the globe by the U.S. would be better spent on problems facing the country domestically.

作者簡介

Steven A. Peterson is Professor of Politics, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg and Director of its School of Public Affairs. Albert Somit is Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University.

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