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2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The paper reflects on the end of the post-Cold War triumphalism that had swept the West and also on the belief that democracy could be a cure all solution to the problems of developing and other countries in the new international system. It argues that these were clearly illusions but also that democracy has its place in all cultures, but in a form that is sensitive to local needs and cultures. It points to the dangers of believing that democracy can always be used, internally or externally, in a constructive manner and argues that French thinkers like Bertrand Badie are right to warn us of the dangers of casually importing Western ideas of the state into developing countries in particular.
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