Working Paper #2012-045
Perspectives on human development theory in democracy promotion: A comparison of democracy promotion programmes in Egypt through the lenses of classical and revised modernisation theory
This paper argues that the concept of socio-economic development needs
to be redefined for the purpose of effective democracy promotion. By
including aspects from human development theory, advocates of revised
modernisation theory state that mass values in a society shift towards a
preferance for democracy as higher levels socio-economic development
provide existential security. This implies that a democratic culture
shapes its institutions and not the other way around. If donor countries
are willing to make long-term investments in human resources rather than
focus on short-term improvements of state institutions, effective
democracy may stand a better chance of developing.
- Keywords
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- democracy
- democratisation
- human development theory
- modernisation
- socio-economic development
- foreign development aid
- USAID
- Egypt
- the Middle East
- the Arab world
- foreign policy
- international relations
- good governance
- civil society
- institutional development
- economic policy
- judicial reform
- civic education
- JEL codes
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- O15
- F59
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Dyrnes, I. K. M. (2012). Perspectives on human development theory in democracy promotion: A comparison of democracy promotion programmes in Egypt through the lenses of classical and revised modernisation theory (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2012-045). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=4735