Promoting Polyarchy

'In Promoting Polyarchy William Robinson, building on a formidable array of local knowledge and theoretical reflection, makes the bold argument that democracy promotion in US foreign policy is best explained in terms of the pluralist idea of polyarchy and that this restricted conception of democracy serves the interests of an increasingly transnational elite. ... The logic of the analysis and the power of his case studies represent a challenge that complacent pluralists and those sceptical of globalization should not ignore.' Leslie Sklair, The London School of Economics and Political Science 'This book provides a sobering look at what it means to say the US is promoting democracy throughout the world. It is a good antidote to much academic pap.' Immanuel Wallerstein