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New Threats to Freedom: The Assault on Democracy Assistance
- Journal of Democracy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 17, Number 2, April 2006
- pp. 36-51
- 10.1353/jod.2006.0029
- Article
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Abstract:
The backlash against democracy promotion is largely a by-product of the proliferation of so-called hybrid regimes in the aftermath of democracy’s third wave. The legal and extralegal measures adopted by regimes determined to stymie democracy assistance range from constraints to cooptation, from coercion to closure. The overall response must come at three distinct levels—the tactical, the political, and the normative.