{"id":1498,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/is-democracy-promotion-in-developing-countries-a-feasible-idea-upsc-psir-2019-3705\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:01","slug":"is-democracy-promotion-in-developing-countries-a-feasible-idea-upsc-psir-2019-3705","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/is-democracy-promotion-in-developing-countries-a-feasible-idea-upsc-psir-2019-3705\/","title":{"rendered":"Is democracy promotion in developing countries a feasible idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> can democracy be exported? <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the record is mixed <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> feasibility turns on <i>method<\/i>, not goal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> feasible as facilitation from within, not coercion<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> democracy\u2019s universal appeal (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Locke<\/b>: safeguard of rights) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> method decides feasibility <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> feasible only where change is organic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>case for promotion: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Doyle<\/b>\u2019s democratic peace (democracies more peaceful, esp. with each other; political culture + moral values + economic ties) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sen<\/b> vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">Lee Kuan Yew<\/b>: democracy <i>democratises<\/i> development <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but imposition counter-productive: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Locke<\/b>\u2019s blind spot (authoritarian\/tribal legacies) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cdemocracy at gunpoint\u201d Iraq\/Afghanistan <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> violence, weak governance, corruption, Taliban 2021 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201ccultural imperialism\u201d (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Appadurai<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cilliberal democracy\u201d (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Zakaria<\/b>): elections without institutions, unstable\/hollow <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Huntington<\/b>\u2019s <i>Third Wave<\/i>: support works only where conditions are conducive <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Tunisia (2011 Arab Spring, civil society, internal commitment)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>coercive external imposition (\u201cdemocracy at gunpoint\u201d) vs organic, internally-driven democratisation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> democracy thrives when internal movements are supported + institutions built over time<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> feasible as facilitation of an organic, intrinsic process, not coercion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[80],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1498","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-contemporary-global-concerns","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4910,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1498\/revisions\/4910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}