| ID | 114941 |
| Title Proper | Transatlantic democracy promotion and the Arab Spring |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Santini, Ruth Hanau ; Hassan, Oz |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Arab Awakening can be seen as a symptom of failure of US and EU democracy promotion policies in the region. By identifying democracy with 'liberal democracy' - a discursively powerful political move - the contingent character of democracy has been lost. The US and the EU, the main promoters of a neoliberal understanding of democracy, have sided with the wrong side of history. And because they have failed to deeply revise the philosophical underpinnings of their policies, even after 2011, they risk another, even bigger, policy failure. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 47, No.3; Sep 2012: p.65-82 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol. 47, No.3; Sep 2012: p.65-82 |
| Key Words | Arab Spring ; Liberal Democracy ; Security |