Democracy Promotion Reconsidered
George W. Bush was famous for proclaiming the promotion of democracy a central focus of American foreign policy. But a liberal constitutional culture is more important than the mere fact of elections, and, as the Obama administration has recognized, promoting such a culture abroad requires adhering to it at home.
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Cambridge – President George W. Bush was famous for proclaiming the promotion of democracy a central focus of American foreign policy. He was not alone in this rhetoric. Most American presidents since Woodrow Wilson have made similar statements.