Democracy Promotion and the Sources of Democratic Engagement

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

What are the consequences -- both intended and unintended -- of international democracy promotion efforts? Do efforts to increase citizens' political efficacy aid democratic development?

Sub Unit

• Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

Individual Presentations

• "Financing Authoritarianism: The Impact of EU Funds on Democratic Developments" - Albana Shehaj, Harvard University

• No Politics, Please! Why Democracy Promotion Suppresses Political Engagement - Irina Soboleva, Duke Kunshan University

Chair

• Jared Abbott Tulane University

Discussant

• Kelly M. McMann Case Western Reserve University