The Backlash Against Democracy Promotion

By Thomas Carothers. 2006

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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In Political Science and International Relations

1. S. Bush
2. J. Kelley
3. G. Noutcheva
4. Gwendolyn Sasse

In Sociology and Political Science

1. S. Bush
2. J. Kelley
3. G. Noutcheva

Citations in the corpus

• Who survived? Ethiopia's regulatory crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs (2015, unknown): “In his article on the backlash, Carothers (2006) argues that restrictive civil society legislation is a means for rulers of semi-democratic regimes to thwart any serious challenge to their rule and to thus maintain their grip on power.”
• D-Minus Elections: The Politics and Norms of International Election Observation (2009, background): “…European Commission 2007; and Padilla and Houppert 1993+ 17+ United Nations 2005+ 18+ Schedler 2002+ 19+ See Fawn 2006; and Sikkink 2002, 314+ 20+ Carothers 2006+ 21+ Elklit and Reynolds 2002+ 22+ See Carothers 1997; and Elklit and Svensson 1997+ such as organizational politics and norms, also…”
• International Politics and the Spread of Quotas for Women in Legislatures (2011, background): “…international democracy promotion by passing a law to monitor local and foreign nongovernmental organizations and criticizing OSCE election monitors; see Carothers 2006+ On the “progress bias” in election monitor reports, see Kelley 2009+ 41+ Here I draw on DiMaggio and Powell’s concept of…”