The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea

by Shadi Hamid

Shadi Hamid reimagines the ongoing debate on democracy's merits and proposes an ambitious agenda for reviving the lost art of democracy promotion in the world's most undemocratic regions.

What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This "democratic dilemma" is one of the most persistent, vexing problems for America abroad, particularly in the Middle East--we...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197579469
• ISBN13: 9780197579466
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"