{"product_id":"disciplining-democracy-rita-abrahamsen-9781856498593","title":"Disciplining Democracy","description":"This thought-provoking book does not simply link the West's good governance agenda with the demise of the Soviet Union. Abrahamsen shows that this democratic agenda involves little more than superficial institutional reforms. The West's primary goal in developing countries remains the enforcement of structural adjustment. African governments, in particular, remain in a double bind, nominally responsible to their electorates at home, but also beholden to external creditors and donors. Demands by impoverished electorates that their new democratic institutions actually work to defend their interests are often branded as illegitimate by the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Abrahamsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 185649859X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856498593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.46w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 2033","brand":"Rita Abrahamsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939025191167,"sku":"9781856498593","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_09b2de88-b363-4d8a-972f-47dbed865ac6.jpg?v=1681439055","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disciplining-democracy-rita-abrahamsen-9781856498593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}