The Myths of 'Democracy Assistance
U.S. Political Intervention in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9199249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald Sussman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 15 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-058-07-2006-11_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2037958722 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
One of the notable shifts in post-Soviet world politics is the almost unimpeded involvement of Western agents, consultants, and public and private institutions in the management of national election processes around the world—including those in the former Soviet allied states. As communist party apparatuses in those countries began to collapse by the late 1980s and in almost bloodless fashion gave way to emerging political forces, the West, especially the United States, was quick to intercede in their political and economic affairs. The methods of manipulating foreign elections have been modified since the heyday of CIA cloak and dagger operations, but the general objectives of imperial rule are unchanged. Today, the U.S. government relies less on the CIA in most cases and more on the relatively transparent initiatives undertaken by such public and private organizations as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Freedom House, George Soros's Open Society, and a network of other well-financed globetrotting public and private professional political organizations, primarily American, operating in the service of the state's parallel neoliberal economic and political objectives. Allen Weinstein, who helped establish NED, noted: "A lot of what we [NED] do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA."This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Agency (philosophy) · Communism · Democracy · Government (linguistics) · Mythology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |