Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea - Tapa dura

Rae, Bob

 
9780771072895: Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea
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ISBN 10: 0771072899 ISBN 13: 9780771072895
Editorial: Random House LCC US, 2010

Sinopsis

The way most Western politicians talk, democracy is the pinnacle of civilization, the best political system there is. Many think it's the system the rest of the world ought to adopt. Bob Rae is not one of them. He is too well informed about the difficulties and dangers of implanting democracy in foreign lands. Exporting Democracy is an eloquently argued book in which Rae brings his lively, nuanced understanding to bear on the history and current fortunes of this powerful idea. He shows how it and the related ideas of freedom, human rights, and federalism have been pushed to centre stage by the collapse of Soviet communism and by ongoing wars to topple secular and religious dictatorships in the Middle East. He's also witnessed attempts to implant democracy in three countries riven by tribal and ethnic divisions, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka, and offers readers a cool appraisal of the effort.

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Acerca de los autores

A former Rhodes Scholar, BOB RAE was born in Ottawa in 1948. A leading politician of his generation, he has been elected to federal and provincial parliaments eight times and served as Ontario's twenty-first premier in the early 1990s. In 1999, he helped found the international Forum of Federations and served as its chair for seven years. He has advised and worked on federalism and constitutional matters in Sri Lanka, Sudan and Iraq. Since 2006, Rae has been a prominent member of the federal Liberal Party. He is the party's foreign affairs critic, and is the author of three previous books.

A former Rhodes Scholar and a leading politician of his generation, BOB RAE has been elected to federal and provincial parliaments ten times and served as Ontario's twenty-first premier in the early 1990s. In 1999, he helped found the international Forum of Federations and served as its chair for seven years. He has advised and worked on federalism and constitutional matters in Sri Lanka, Sudan, Iraq, and many other countries. Since 2006, Rae has been a prominent member of the federal Liberal Party. He is the party's foreign affairs critic and the member of parliament for Toronto-Centre. He is the author of three previous books, From Protest to Power, The Three Questions, and Canada in the Balance, as well as two major studies in public policy on higher education and the Air India bombing of 1985.

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Editorial
Random House LCC US
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0771072899
ISBN 13 
9780771072895
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
288
Contacto del fabricante
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9780771072901: Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea

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ISBN 10:  0771072902 ISBN 13:  9780771072901
Editorial: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2012
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