{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:31","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 can democracy be exported? \u2192 the record is mixed \u2192 feasibility turns on method, not goal \u2192 feasible as facilitation from within, not coercion R2 democracy&#039;s universal appeal (Locke: safeguard of rights) \u2192 method decides feasibility \u2192 feasible only where change is organic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">case for promotion: Doyle&#039;s democratic peace (democracies more peaceful, esp. with each other; political culture + moral values + economic ties) \u2192 Sen vs Lee Kuan Yew: democracy democratises development \u2192 but imposition counter- productive: Locke&#039;s blind spot (authoritarian \/tribal legacies) \u2192 \u201cdemocracy at gunpoint\u201d Iraq\/Afghanistan \u2192 violence, weak governance, corruption, Taliban 2021 \u2192 \u201ccultural imperialism\u201d (Appadurai) \u2014 \u201cilliberal democracy\u201d (Zakaria): elections without institutions, unstable\/hollow \u2192 Huntington&#039;s Third Wave:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">support works only where conditions are conducive \u2192 Tunisia (2011 Arab Spring, civil society, internal commitment)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">coercive external imposition (\u201cdemocracy at gunpoint\u201d) vs organic, internally- driven democratisation R1 democracy thrives when internal movements are supported + institutions built over time R2 feasible as facilitation of an organic, intrinsic process, not coercion<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2705,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1498\/revisions\/2705"}],"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}]}}