The struggle for democracy in a changed world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noam Chomsky (0000-0002-3632-2461, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 50 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056249108703884 |
| OpenAlex | W1964669132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the conception of US planners of the modern world order after 1945 the Third World was to function ‘as a source of raw materials and a market’. The major threat to this system were nationalistic regimes (not the USSR or communism), which would be best kept in check by pliant but democratic means, but failing that the ‘rascal multitude could be taught lessons’. The US role of policing this system has evolved since their defeat in Vietnam. With the end of the Cold War, the Soviet empire can be ‘Latin Americanised’ while the US is legitimising force, doing so, for instance, through the UN as now in the Gulf. However, with the economic rise of Europe and Japan, the US is now turning to them to pay the bills, while at the same time using its unchallenged military muscie to strengthen its relative economic position
Cold war · Communism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Empire · Function (biology · Latin Americans · Multitude · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Sociology · World War II · Globalization and political ideologies · Law · Leadership, Human Resources, Global Affairs · Political Conflict and Governance
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2015 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |