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Promoting democracy in Latin America: foreign policy change and US democracy assistance, 1975–2010

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  • James M. Scott
  • Ralph G. Carter

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Since the Cold War the USA has articulated and implemented explicit strategies of democracy promotion. One interesting target of such efforts is Latin America, in part because of the region’s geographic proximity to the USA and of the mixed record of US support for democracy there. This paper examines the impact of the end of the Cold War and the 9/11 episode on the nature, purposes, targets and consequences of US democracy assistance to Latin America. Examining democracy aid allocations, social and political factors and other variables, it traces changes in aid strategies, purposes and recipients generated by these paradigm shifts, and assesses the impact of such assistance on the politics of the region. It concludes with implications of these findings for US democracy promotion policies.

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  • James M. Scott & Ralph G. Carter, 2016. "Promoting democracy in Latin America: foreign policy change and US democracy assistance, 1975–2010," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 299-320, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:37:y:2016:i:2:p:299-320
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1108824
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    1. Timothy M. Peterson & James M. Scott, 2018. "The Democracy Aid Calculus: Regimes, Political Opponents, and the Allocation of US Democracy Assistance, 1981–2009," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(2), pages 268-293, March.
    2. Tobias Heinrich & Matt W. Loftis, 2019. "Democracy Aid and Electoral Accountability," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 63(1), pages 139-166, January.

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