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• PROMOTING DEMOCRACY OVERVIEW
• A New Concept Background
• Pure vs. Constitutional Democracy
• Can It Be Implanted From Outside?

BERLIN WALL
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• DEMOCRACY DEFINITION AND FORMS
• Government by the people, either directly or
  through elected representatives.
• Pure Democracy
• Constitutional Democracy
• Both meet the definition but there are major
  differences.

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FRENCH REVOLUTION
PURE DEMOCRACY

• Majority Rule Prevails. Period.
• But What If Majority Votes To
• Limit Free Speech, Repress
• Opposition, Forbid Religious
• Practices?
• Result Is Illiberal Democracy.
• In Extreme Cases, Mob Rule.

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U.S Constitution

• LIBERAL/CONSTITUTIONAL
• DEMOCRACY
• Majority Rule, But Within Constraints
• Protection For Minorities Bill of
• Rights
• Separation Of Powers
• Checks And Balances
• Independent Judiciary

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• WHY PROMOTE DEMOCRACY?
• The Bush Administration National Security
  Strategy
• Are Democracies Inherently More Stable and
  Peaceful?
• Theory Of Democratic Peace

• State of the Union, January 20, 2004

http//www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20
040120-7.html
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• CAN DEMOCRACY SUCCESSFULLY
• BE IMPLANTED/IMPOSED FROM
• OUTSIDE?
• 3 Peaceful Methods
• Democracy Via Military Intervention
• Haiti
• Afghanistan
• Iraq

U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ
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PROMOTING DEMOCRACY A New Concept
Background Pure vs. Constitutional
Democracy Can It Be Implanted From Outside?