A Case for Global Democracy? Arms Exports and Conflicting Goals in Democracy Promotion

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F19%3A00107148" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/19:00107148 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41268-017-0114-0" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41268-017-0114-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0114-0" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41268-017-0114-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A Case for Global Democracy? Arms Exports and Conflicting Goals in Democracy Promotion

Original language description

Employing the framework of conflicting goals in democracy promotion as a departure point, the paper addresses the issue of arms exports to non-democratic countries as an important research topic which points to a reconsideration of certain fundamental conceptual and normative commitments underpinning democracy promotion. Empirically, we remind of the lingering hypocrisy of Western arms exporters, knowing that exports to non-democratic countries often hinder or block democratisation. This is not easily circumvented because of the many conflicting objectives both internal and external to democracy promotion itself. Yet, democracy and human rights promotion remain, ethically and pragmatically, important policy goals. Noting that the self-evident character of the state-based liberal democratic model is being increasingly questioned in the literature, we then critically explore a radical, and surprisingly natural, alternative vision: namely, if the commitment to democracy and human rights is to be genuine, only global democracy remains a viable way of resolving the many dilemmas, as it aspires to deal both with regulating arms exports and building accountable decision-making structures. Although we ultimately reject the globalist solution and lean towards a less radical constructivist approach, we endorse the underlying rationale that democracy promotion needs to embrace normative democratic theory sincerely.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-13980S" target="_blank" >GA16-13980S: Liberal Democracy in Time of Crisis</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of International Relations and Development

ISSN

1408-6980

e-ISSN

1581-1980

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

30

Pages from-to

610-639

UT code for WoS article

000480500200005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85031783917