Revising the Democratic Revolution--into the Americas Export

@article{citeulike:346465, abstract = { This article examines the claims of the democratic peace thesis by tracing the embedding of democracy in three countries: Nicaragua, Brazil and Colombia. In so doing it highlights the way in which the democratic peace that has spread in the post-cold war period has to be understood as part of a continued imperialist strategy by the core capitalist states and their dominant social forces in the modern world system. The meaning of democracy in this revolution is to promote and instill a form of corporate government that reinforces private power against human needs and rights. Nonetheless, this is an unstable strategy and the three examples considered here illustrate that this creates space for anti-capitalist opposition to organise and challenge this restricted conception of democracy.}, author = {Wilkin, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {346465}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ctwq/2003/00000024/00000004/art00005}, issn = {0143-6597}, journal = {Third World Quarterly - Journal of Emerging Areas}, keywords = {capitalism, democracy, latinamerica}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {655--669}, posted-at = {2005-10-09 20:03:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Revising the Democratic Revolution--into the Americas}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ctwq/2003/00000024/00000004/art00005}, volume = {24}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:346465 L3 - citeulike-article-id:346465 N2 - This article examines the claims of the democratic peace thesis by tracing the embedding of democracy in three countries: Nicaragua, Brazil and Colombia. In so doing it highlights the way in which the democratic peace that has spread in the post-cold war period has to be understood as part of a continued imperialist strategy by the core capitalist states and their dominant social forces in the modern world system. The meaning of democracy in this revolution is to promote and instill a form of corporate government that reinforces private power against human needs and rights. Nonetheless, this is an unstable strategy and the three examples considered here illustrate that this creates space for anti-capitalist opposition to organise and challenge this restricted conception of democracy. IS - 4 JF - Third World Quarterly - Journal of Emerging Areas SN - 0143-6597 EP - 669 TI - Revising the Democratic Revolution--into the Americas VL - 24 SP - 655 KW - capitalism KW - democracy KW - latinamerica AU - Wilkin, P PY - 2003/08// UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ctwq/2003/00000024/00000004/art00005 ER -