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Democracy and Openness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2017

Anthony O'Hear
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During the recent Iraq war there was a great deal of discussion of the desirability of bringing democracy to Iraq, and indeed to other countries which were suffering under ruthless and oppressive dictatorships. There was also the thought that if Iraq had a flourishing democratic system, its benefits would become evident within the Middle East, and other peoples in the area would be encouraged to press for more democracy in their own countries. And critics who expressed doubts about any of this were accused of treating the people of the Middle East in a patronising way, implying that they were not able to do what we in the West have managed for some time.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 58 , May 2006 , pp. 39 - 56
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2006

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