Bush, Chavez and the Success of Passive Democracy Promotion
By Mark Joyce
15 Jan 2008
The Venezuelan referendum provides a useful hook for re-considering the US strategy of democracy promotion, in two respects. First, an analysis of recent US policy towards Venezuela, and Latin America more broadly, suggests a more positive record for democracy promotion than may be gleaned by analysing it
exclusively through the prism of the Middle East. Second, the record of democracy promotion in Latin America indicates that it is most effective when conceived as a passive rather than aggressive strategy.
15 Jan 2008
The Venezuelan referendum provides a useful hook for re-considering the US strategy of democracy promotion, in two respects. First, an analysis of recent US policy towards Venezuela, and Latin America more broadly, suggests a more positive record for democracy promotion than may be gleaned by analysing it
exclusively through the prism of the Middle East. Second, the record of democracy promotion in Latin America indicates that it is most effective when conceived as a passive rather than aggressive strategy.
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