The Reagan Administration, the Cold War, and the Transition to Democracy Promotion

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Reagan Administration and Democracy Promotion

Chapter 2 “A Positive Track of Human Rights Policy”: Elliott Abrams, the Human Rights Bureau, and the Conceptualization of Democracy Promotion, 1981–1984

Chapter 3 The Rise of Political Aid: The National Endowment for Democracy and the Reagan Administration’s Cold War Strategy

Chapter 4 Recreating the Cold War Consensus: Democracy Promotion and the Crisis of American Hegemony

Chapter 5 The Reagan Administration’s Efforts to Promote Human Rights and Democracy in the Soviet Union

Chapter 6 The Autonomy of Solidarity

Chapter 7 Neoliberalism and Democracy Promotion: Hernando de Soto and US Foreign Policy

Chapter 8 US Electoral Assistance to El Salvador and the Culture of Politics, 1982–1984

Chapter 9 Reagan and the Waning Years of Uruguay’s Military Rule: Democracy Promotion and the Redefinition of Human Rights

Chapter 10 The Pivot: Neoconservatives, the Philippines, and the Democracy Agenda

Chapter 11 Stable Imperatives, Shifting Strategies: Reagan and Democracy Promotion in the Republic of Korea

Chapter 13 Conclusion