Democracy and International Relations: Critical Theories, Problematic Practices

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction Why is there no International Democracy Theory?; H.Smith Modelling Democracy; K.Hutchings Discourse Ethics, Democratic Practice and the Possibility of Intercultural Understanding; V.Jabri Democracy and the Problem of Cultural Relativism: Normative Issues for International Politics; S.Lawson Democracy, Democratization and Foreign Policy in Post-Socialist Russia; M.Light State Business in Neo-Liberal Democracies in Latin America; J.Grugel 'Building Civil Society from the Outside': The Problematic Democratization of Central America; J.Pearce Striving for 'Real' Democracy in Africa: The Roles of International Donors and Civil Society in Zimbabwe; D.Pankhurst Democratizing the Unborn State: Palestine, the PLO and the Struggle for Democracy; P.Bennis Political Economy, Democracy and Transition: The Case of Hong Kong; G.Youngs Notes Bibliography Index