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What is Democracy and Development about?

Recent world events have brought to the publics attention questions that have concerned politics experts and policy wonks for what is the relationship between democracy and development? This collection of essays addresses a range of issues surrounding this question, What comes first, democracy or development? Is there a choice between democracy and stability? Can democracy be promoted from outside or should we focus on the promotion of democratic culture from within a country? Are different cultures equally compatible with democratic systems of government? Finally, should the promotion of democracy be seen as part of regular development cooperation and what are the respective roles of national governments, international organizations and civil society? The highly experienced contributors to this volume suggest there is a positive relationship between the more democracy implies more openness and checks and balances, and more accountability and less corruptionall of which is conducive to sustainable development. The book is based on a series of lectures organized by the Society of International Development (SID), the Netherlands. Contributors include William Easterley (New York Unive

Author

Bernard Berendsen (ed.); [contributors: Paul Collier ... [et al.]]

Publisher

Amsterdam: KIT Publishers

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9789068326116

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences