External publications

Introduction: Negotiating the promotion of democracy (special issue)

Poppe, Annika Elena / Julia Leininger / Jonas Wolff
External Publications (2019)

in: Democratization 26 (5), 759-776

Information

This article makes the case for why we should turn to studying democracy promotion negotiation, outlines the research questions guiding this special issue, identifies overarching findings and summarizes the individual contributions. After outlining the rationale for more attention to the issue of negotiation, which we understand as a specific form of interaction between external and local actors in democracy promotion, we outline three basic assumptions informing our research: (1) Democracy promotion is an international practice that is necessarily accompanied by processes of negotiation. (2) These negotiation processes, in turn, have an impact upon the practice and outcome of democracy promotion. (3) For external democracy promotion to be mutually owned and effective, genuine negotiations between ‘promoters’ and ‘local actors’ are indispensable; the term ‘genuine’ here being understood as including a substantial exchange on diverging values and interests. The article, then, introduces the three research questions for this agenda, concerning the issues on the negotiation table, the parameters shaping negotiation processes, and the results of democracy promotion negotiation. We conclude by presenting an overview of the overarching findings of the special issue as well as with brief summaries of the individual contributions.

Further IDOS experts

Baumann, Max-Otto

Political Science 

Breuer, Anita

Political Scientist 

Dick, Eva

Sociologist and Spatial Planner 

Fasold, Maximilian

Political Economy 

Fiedler, Charlotte

Political Scientist 

Gutheil, Lena

Cultural Anthropology 

Haldenwang, Christian von

Political Science 

Houdret, Annabelle

Political Scientist 

Li, Hangwei

Political Science 

Lorch, Jasmin

Political Science 

Morare, Ditebogo Modiegi

Political Science 

Mross, Karina

Political Science 

Nowack, Daniel

Political Science 

Roll, Michael

Sociology 

Wingens, Christopher

Political Science 

Contact

Cornelia Hornschild
Publication Coordinator

E-mail Cornelia.Hornschild@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-135
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130

Alexandra Fante
Librarian/ Open Access Coordinator

E-Mail Alexandra.Fante@idos-research.de
Telefon +49 (0)228 94927-321
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130