Promoting Authoritarianism Abroad

Download or read book Promoting Authoritarianism Abroad written by Rachel Vanderhill and published by Lynne Rienner Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen efforts by several states to promote authoritarianism abroad, garnering the attention of foreign policy analysts-and raising a number of questions. What determines the success or failure of these efforts? How does the relationship between international and domestic politics play out? Do states comply with external pressures for ideological reasons, or primarily to attain material benefits? How does promoting authoritarianism differ from promoting democracy? Addressing these questions, Rachel Vanderhill draws on the experiences of Russia, Venezuela, and Iran to provide an illuminating comparative analysis.