Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, US Intervention, and Hegemony

by William I. Robinson

Book Overview

Promoting Polyarchy is an exciting, detailed and controversial work on the apparent change in US foreign policy from supporting dictatorships to promoting democratic regimes. William I. Robinson argues that behind this facade, US policy upholds the undemocratic status quo of Third World countries. He addresses the theoretical and historical issues at stake, and uncovers a wealth of information from field work and hitherto unpublished government documents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521566916
• ISBN13: 9780521566919
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"