Description: For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the West is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting pro-democracy forces abroad as governments in Washington, London and Brussels chase pyrrhic short-term economic and security victories. Friendly fire from Western democracies against democracy abroad is too high a price to pay for a myopic foreign policy that is ultimately making the world less prosperous, stable and democratic. The Despot's Accomplice draws on years of extensive interviews on the frontlines of the global struggle for democracy, from a poetry-reading, politician-kidnapping general in Madagascar to Islamist torture victims in Tunisia, Belarusian opposition activists tailed by the KGB, West African rebels, and tea-sipping members of the Thai junta. Cumulatively, their stories weave together a tale of a broken system at the root of democracy's global retreat.
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EAN: 9781849049306
UPC: 9781849049306
ISBN: 9781849049306
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Book Title: The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding an
Item Length: 19.8 cm
Item Weight: 0.32 kg
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Despot's Accomplice: How the West Is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LTD
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Government
Item Height: 198 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Brian Klaas
Subject Area: Political Sociology, Political Science
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Paperback
