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dc.contributor.advisorLang, Anthony F.
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Michael
dc.coverage.spatial223en
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-10T15:13:30Z
dc.date.available2008-11-10T15:13:30Z
dc.date.issued2008-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/551
dc.description.abstractPresidents of the United States and other American policymakers have throughout history cited democracy promotion as one of the chief goals of American foreign policy, and the current administration of George W. Bush has been no exception. However, and notwithstanding the habitual endorsement of this objective by US administrations, the subject of democracy promotion has received relatively little academic attention. This study aims to correct this gap in the literature by considering two questions relating to United States democracy promotion. First, have the efforts of the US to spread democracy to other countries met with success? Second, is promoting democracy truly a priority of American policymakers, or is it rather window dressing cynically aimed at winning public and congressional support for foreign policy? I begin by defining the terms democracy and democracy promotion. I then use three recent case studies to answer the two questions outlined above, the first of which focuses on President Reagan’s policy towards Nicaragua. In the second case study I consider President Clinton’s policy towards Haiti, while the third deals with President George W. Bush’s policy towards Colombia. The evidence I present points to the conclusion that the United States has not been successful in its efforts to promote democracy in other countries, and that spreading democracy abroad is at best a secondary goal of American foreign policy. The evidence presented in the thesis also demonstrates the utility of foreign policy analysis-based approaches to the study of international relations.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectDemocracy promotionen
dc.subjectUnited States foreign policyen
dc.subjectGeorge W. Bushen
dc.subjectBill Clintonen
dc.subjectRonald Reaganen
dc.subjectHaitien
dc.subjectColombiaen
dc.subjectNicaraguaen
dc.subject.lccE840.W2
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--Foreign relations--1981-en
dc.subject.lcshDemocratizationen
dc.subject.lcshReagan, Ronalden
dc.subject.lcshClinton, Bill, 1946-en
dc.subject.lcshBush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-en
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--Foreign relations--Nicaraguaen
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--Foreign relations--Haitien
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--Foreign relations--Colombiaen
dc.titleCrusade for freedom? United States democracy promotion from Reagan to George W. Bushen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen


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