McGiffen Contributes to Book on Political Change in Africa |
Monday, 21 April 2014 |
"Overall the book examines the questions of sovereignty, democracy and power," says McGiffen. "I look at the EU’s role. There is a glib identification of the European Union with 'democracy promotion', yet the term 'democracy' and what it means to promote it are rarely if ever defined. In my view the EU’s credentials are poor: not only did its leaders support the North African dictatorships until the day they fell, it is also responsible for overriding democratic decisions following referenda in France, the Netherlands and Ireland and effecting what amount to coups d’état in Greece and Italy. Hardly a suitable CV for a democracy promoter. I argue these points in my chapter, which is entitled “European ‘Democracy Promotion’: Dynamic versus passive revolution in the Arab Spring.”
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