From Promoting Political Polyarchy to Defeating Participatory Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy towards the Far Left in Latin America

During the 1980s, the United States initiated an explicit policy of democracy promotion throughout the world. William Robinson (1996) more accurately described this initiative as “promoting polyarchy,” whereby the United States supported moderate elite actors that promoted neoliberal economic polici...

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Main Author: Timothy M Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
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Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/750