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Survey of European Democracy Promotion Policies 2000-2006

01/05/2006 By Kristina Kausch, David Mathieson, Irene Menendez, Richard Youngs

Against a background of heightened debate over international democratisation, this book provides the most comprehensive survey to date of European democracy promotion policies.

The survey includes case studies of seven European countries - Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom - and of European Union institutions.

The book reveals the extent of European commitments to democracy promotion around the world, the resources invested in this area of policy, and the way that approaches to encouraging political reform have evolved in recent years.

It also highlights instances where European policies have either eschewed any notable support for democratic change or expressly acted to democracy's disadvantage.

The survey aims to provide easily accessible information on different donors' political reform acitivities, in a way that can enhance both analytical and policy-related debates over Europe's approach to democracy and human rights.

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Keywords

CFSP Democracy promotion Development aid EU Foreign Policy European Union Human rights Political Reform

Bio author: Kristina Kausch

Kristina Kausch is a Researcher at FRIDE's Democratisation Programme and focuses on European policies of democracy promotion in the European neighbourhood. Prior to joining FRIDE in November 2004, she worked for the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) on programmes of good governance and democratisation, and at the Bertelsmann Foundation.

Bio author: David Mathieson

PhD in Modern History and Economics from the University of London. He has published numerous articles in Expansión, El País, El Correo, La Razón, the magazine Temas para el Deabte, The Guardian, Tribune, The New Statesman and the Foreign Policy Centre.

Bio author: Irene Menendez

Graduate in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St Andrews (Scotland), she obtained her Masters in Political Sciences from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris. She has worked at the Royal Institute of International Relations, Brussels.

Bio author: Richard Youngs

Richard Youngs is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Democratisation programme at FRIDE. He also lectures at the University of Warwick in the UK. He studied at Cambridge (BA Hons) and Warwick (MA, PhD) universities.