Democracy Promotion and Conflict: Successes and Continuing Challenges

Dresden, Jennifer Raymond, Thomas Edward Flores, and Irfan Nooruddin. 2020. "Democracy Promotion and Conflict: Successes and Continuing Challenges.” Democracy and Autocracy 18 (1): 10-16.

7 Pages Posted: 19 Oct 2020

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Jennifer Raymond Dresden

Georgetown University - Department of Government

Thomas E. Flores

George Mason University; School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Irfan Nooruddin

Georgetown University

Date Written: February 1, 2020

Abstract

Dresden, Flores, and Nooruddin document the maturation of democracy promotion towards more narrow and technical efforts to patiently develop democracy’s “supporting infrastructure,” through programs that measurably increase civic participation, inter-ethnic cooperation, and government responsiveness. Yet while these interventions may have positive short-term effects, here we encounter what Dresden, Flores, and Nooruddin call the “levels of analysis” problem: we cannot readily demonstrate that micro-level “tactical successes” aggregate upwards into macro-level democratic change. The process by which the combined effects of small-scale interventions might eventually accumulate into full-blown democratization is merely assumed, not verified.

Keywords: Democracy Promotion

Suggested Citation

Dresden, Jennifer R and Flores, Thomas E. and Flores, Thomas E. and Nooruddin, Irfan, Democracy Promotion and Conflict: Successes and Continuing Challenges (February 1, 2020). Dresden, Jennifer Raymond, Thomas Edward Flores, and Irfan Nooruddin. 2020. "Democracy Promotion and Conflict: Successes and Continuing Challenges.” Democracy and Autocracy 18 (1): 10-16., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3713613

Jennifer R Dresden

Georgetown University - Department of Government ( email )

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Thomas E. Flores

George Mason University ( email )

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School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution ( email )

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Irfan Nooruddin (Contact Author)

Georgetown University ( email )

Washington, DC 20057
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.irfannooruddin.org

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