Sinopsis
Democracy is a delicate form of government that requires an engaged citizenry and strong institutions. Democratization, the process in which nondemocracies transition toward that system, is even more fraught with challenges. This collection explores democracy and the democratization process worldwide: its birth pangs, pitfalls, successes, and future.
Episodios
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![Global Ethics Corner: Tunisia: The Jasmine Revolution and Western Foreign Policy - 0]()
Global Ethics Corner: Tunisia: The Jasmine Revolution and Western Foreign Policy - 0
27/01/2011 Duración: 02minIn Tunisia, the Jasmine Revolution showed the vulnerability of unpopular and anti-democratic regimes. Should the West support authoritarian regimes to contain political Islam? Should it watch popular passions erect potentially anti-democratic governments? Is there a third alternative?
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![Global Ethics Corner: Military Intervention and Democracy? - 1]()
Global Ethics Corner: Military Intervention and Democracy? - 1
10/07/2009 Duración: 01minIs it ever ethical to violate a democratic constitution? If the rationale for military intervention is to save democracy, does that make it legitimate?
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![The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-First Century - 0]()
The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-First Century - 0
27/01/2009 Duración: 56minWas George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about America's right to promote democracy abroad? Anne-Marie Slaughter begs to differ.
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![Global Ethics Corner: Morgenthau and the New Administration - 1]()
Global Ethics Corner: Morgenthau and the New Administration - 1
02/01/2009 Duración: 01minShould we observe Morgenthau's principles--avoid the crusading spirit and heed others' perspectives--or is promoting democracy and taking a forceful stand indispensable to U.S. foreign policy?
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![Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq]()
Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
14/06/2005 Duración: 59minAfter a recent visit to Iraq, Larry Diamond reflects sadly on how we have allowed the situation "to slip into a state of severe insecurity, stalemate, and economic disarray."
