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PROMOZIONE E PROTEZIONE DELLA DEMOCRAZIA. IL CONCETTO, LE RICERCHE, LA VALUTAZIONE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2018

Philippe C. Schmitter  and
Imco Brouwer

Introduzione

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La promozione della liberalizzazione politica, della democratizzazione e del consolidamento delle democrazie di recente istituzione da parte delle democrazie già affermate – in breve, le iniziative di promozione e protezione della democrazia (Democracy Promotion & Protection: Dpp) – è uno scopo perseguito da tempo. Soltanto di recente, tuttavia, esso si è trasformato in una vera e propria politica pubblica.

Summary

Summary

This essay deals with democracy promotion and protection by established democracies. It first describes how the dynamics and understanding of regime transitions changed from the first to the present fourth wave of democratisation. Subsequently, it defines democracy promotion and protection and describes the different components of it. Finally, it discusses the issue of the strategies of the democracy promoters and protectors and takes a critical look at the issue of evaluating their activities.

This essay claims, among other things, that: (1) in general, the goals of the democracy promoters and protectors are focused on outcomes and less on democracy as an open ended process or procedure of government; (2) there is no apolitical way to democratize and, therefore, there is no apolitical strategy to promote and protect democracy; (3) democracy promotion differs significantly from democracy protection, but donors are rarely aware of it; (4) for impact evaluation of democracy promotion and protection to make sense, three different levels of impact should be distinguished: the micro, the meso and the macro.

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Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , August 2000 , pp. 187 - 226
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Copyright © Societ Italiana di Scienza Politica 

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