PROMOTING
DEMOCRACY
rickard mikaelsson
Sweden and the democratisation process in Macedonia
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY
Following the end of the Cold War, a growing number of international actors have engaged in democracy promotion worldwide. Today, significant resources are dedicated to this objective. So far however, this development has attracted only limited scholarly attention and few, if any, core theories exists. This dissertation contributes to an increased understanding of democracy promotion, theoretically as well as empirically. The study advances an analytical framework which serves to bring clarity to democracy promotion as a concept. The analytical framework is also used to investigate the character of Swedish democracy promotion, and to develop a typology of the roles of democracy promotion in democratisation processes. Empirically, the study focuses on the multi-faced democratisation process in Macedonia; the official Swedish policy for democracy promotion; and actual Swedish attempts to promote democracy in Macedonia in the period 2000–2006.
Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 446
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering Linköping 2008
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PROMOTING
DEMOCRACY
rickard mikaelsson
Sweden and the democratisation process in Macedonia
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY
Following the end of the Cold War, a growing number of international actors have engaged in democracy promotion worldwide. Today, significant resources are dedicated to this objective. So far however, this development has attracted only limited scholarly attention and few, if any, core theories exists. This dissertation contributes to an increased understanding of democracy promotion, theoretically as well as empirically. The study advances an analytical framework which serves to bring clarity to democracy promotion as a concept. The analytical framework is also used to investigate the character of Swedish democracy promotion, and to develop a typology of the roles of democracy promotion in democratisation processes. Empirically, the study focuses on the multi-faced democratisation process in Macedonia; the official Swedish policy for democracy promotion; and actual Swedish attempts to promote democracy in Macedonia in the period 2000–2006.
Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 446
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering Linköping 2008
