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2007.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Democratic Fundamentalism or "Democratism" is a political theory, mostly developed in the USA by neo-conservative ideologues that claims global relevance since it holds that all human beings want personal freedom that can best be provided by western style liberal democracy. Henri Favre reminds us that the doctrine is used to justify American interventionism and hegemonism but ignores important social and cultural realities and makes short shrift of historic and geographic diversity. Hence, its applications in a neo-colonial context often have disastrous consequences
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