Can Sociology Help Democracy Assistance Programs?. (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gerber, Theodore P.
• Is Part Of: Contexts. Volume 17:Number 2(2018:Spring)
• Page Start: 76
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: international -- public policy -- democracy assistance -- policy brief -- public sociology -- applied sociology; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- United States -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1536504218785912
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1536-5042

Abstract

Programs that encourage democracy in foreign countries have become controversial, in part because of problems in how they have been implemented. Sociological research has the potential to make them more effective.