POL112H5 Chapter 2: POL112 Reading Democratisation Mirage Etzioni
7 Jul 2016
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Families who lost loved ones in afghanistan, iraq and vietnam and those who have been maimed there made sacrifices in vain. These sacrifices did not serve to bring about liberal-democratic, pro- Western regimes in these and other nations in the middle east and africa. Did not make the us safer or contribute to world peace. Woodrow and wilson had dual vision: sought to promote democratic regimes across the world. 2. to create a form of world governance based on democratic principles neoconservative illusion authoritarian regimes were collapsing and the freed people would naturally seek democratic regimes. No need for extensive political or economic development to democratize; merely removing the authoritarian barriers would suffice. Belief that if authoritarian barriers to democratization did not collapse under their own growing weight, the us and its allies should help history by overthrowing old regimes. Hence support for coercive regime change- i. e. libya and syria.
