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Exporting Democracy

the Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea
Jan 04, 2011
Chosen by Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Scotiabank Giller prize, as book of the year: "A former premier of Ontario and currently a Federal MP, Rae brings extraordinary insight and scholarship to a major and thorny international issue. As he points out in the book: “… the difficulty is that the sharing or exporting of Democracy comes with heavy baggage, the baggage of imperialism” "With that comment as the launching pad, Rae reviews, analyzes and comments on the varying definitions of “Democracy” over the last 400 years. It is an outstanding tour d’horizon. Rae’s subtitle is The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea. He makes a cogent case that the fate of the planet will depend on how successful we are in this pursuit."