The Failure of Democratic Nation Building

Somit and Peterson argue that humans have an innate tendency for hierarchical and authoritarian social and political structures, and that democracy requires very special "enabling conditions" before it can be supported by a state, conditions that require decades to evolve.

Steven A. Peterson is Professor of Politics, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg and Director of its School of Public Affairs. Albert Somit is Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University.

List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Authoritarian Government: The Default Option	p. 9
What is a Democracy?: Toward a Working Definition	p. 25
Democratic Nation Building: From concept to Operational ôChecklistö	p. 35
Democracy: The Requisite ôEnabling Conditionsö-No Small Order	p. 47
Will the Real Democracies Please Stand Up?	p. 61
American Nation Building, 1945-2005: Costs and Consequences	p. 77
The Fourth ôWhereasö	p. 93
öTherefore Be It Resolvedö: Toward More Realistic Foreign and Domestic Policies	p. 111
Epilogue	p. 117
Notes	p. 127
References	p. 147
Name Index	p. 161
Subject Index	p. 167
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The Failure of Democratic Nation Building Ideology Meets Evolution

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