The Impact of Foreign Interventions on Democracy and Human Rights

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The Impact of Foreign Interventions on Democracy and Human Rights
The Impact of Foreign Interventions on Democracy and Human Rights
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of Acronyms
List of Annex
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction
	References
1. Evaluating the Record of Different Military Interventions on Democracy – A Short- and Long-Term Analysis
	Abstract
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Theoretical Considerations and Hypotheses
	1.3 Data and Methodology
		1.3.1 Basic Model for Estimation
	1.4 Results
	1.5 Discussion
	Note
	References
2. Interventionism in Africa: Clandestine Networks and Proxy Wars in DRC and Exploitation of Resources
	Abstract
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Methodology and Theoretical Framework
	2.3 Meaning and Types of Intervention in Globalization
		2.3.1 The Rise of the Non-State Actors and the Challenge of the State in Globalization
		2.3.2 New Strategies of Waging Wars in Interventionism in the Post–cold War Period
	2.4 Proxy Wars and Intervention: The Case of DRC in the Post–cold War Period
	2.5 From Intervention to the Systematic and Clandestine Pillage of the DRC's Natural Resources
	2.6 Final Considerations
	Notes
	References
3. Libya: When Foreign Intervention Turns a Stable Nation into a Failed State1
	Abstract
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Literature Review
	3.3 Brief Historical Landscape of Libya–Western Powers Relationships
	3.4 Gaddafi's Pragmatic Engagement in Africa
	3.5 Power Politics of Unfinished Business
	3.6 The Main Military Intervening Actors in Libya
	3.7 The Humanitarian and Economics Downsides of Foreign Intervention in Libya
	3.8 From Stable to failing State
	3.9 Final Considerations
	Notes
	References
4. ‘France-Africa’: Is the Region Lagging in Political Instability and Democratic Aspiration? Assessment after 60 Years of  ...
	Abstract
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Comparative Analysis of the French-Speaking Blocks of Black Africa (West and Central Africa with a Special Focus on the ...
	4.3 The Slow Evolution of the Democratic Process in Francophone Central Africa: Some Progress, Then a Return to Square One
		4.3.1 Congo-Brazzaville
		4.3.2 Gabon
		4.3.3 Cameroon
		4.3.4 Central Africa
		4.3.5 Chad
	4.4 The Lack of a Consensual and Peaceful Political System: Some Suggestions
	4.5 Final Considerations
	Notes
	References
5. Foreign Intervention and Democracy in Latin America: The Effects of Military Intervention versus Economic Intervention
	Abstract
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Literature Review
		5.2.1 Patterns of Interventionism from the United States and China in Latin America
		5.2.2 Chinese Military Interventionism in Latin America
		5.2.3 Chinese Intervention in the World Markets
	5.3 Hypothesis
	5.4 Methodology
		5.4.1 Variables
			5.4.1.1 Dependent Variables
			5.4.1.2 Independent Variables
			5.4.1.3 Control Variables
	5.5 Results
	5.6 Final Considerations
	Notes
	References
Index