La démocratie peut-elle être promue de l'extérieur ?

Exposé Politique & international Sciences politiques

Date de publication :

29/11/2008

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Français

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10 pages

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Concepts of democratic assistance and democratic promotion, used by western states and international communities
1. Definitions of the concepts
2. The reasons for western States' and international institutions' involvement in the development of democracy elsewhere
3. Typology of the different implication of democratic promotion
4. Which methods are used by the EU and the US?
Limits to the concepts of democratic promotion or assistance
1. Theoretical limits
2. Practical limits
Must the concept of democratic promotion be abandoned?
1. Need of a mixed answer
2. Advantages and disadvantages of the different types of intervention
3. The provision of aid to promote democratization: various methods

Résumé :

Democratization studies presents two main actors involved in the building of democratic institutions: the people and the elites. Since the 1980s, a third dimension is becoming more present in the processes of democratization: the influence from outside. It corresponds to impulses from actors which are not part of the developing democracies, like other countries -most of the time western states-, international institutions, or also political parties and NGOs from western states. However can democracy really be promoted from outside?

This essay will reflect upon key questions related to democratic promotion: Is it interesting to try to promote democracy from "above"? Is it possible? Are the methods not effective? What is quite effective and what is not effective at all? I will focus my study on two categories of actors who tried to export democracy: Western states, with the example of the United States, and international institutions, more precisely the European Union. Hence, I will try to present democratic assistance and democratic promotion according to what has been done by the US and the EU. This will suggest that perhaps, the promotion of democracy corresponds only to idealistic principles, which are not realistic and also not desirable. I will try to give a more modified answer, showing that depending on different types of democratic promotion, it can be beneficial or not to pursue democratic promotion programs. In fact, showing the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods of those actors can then make it possible to understand which approaches are the most beneficial.