democracy promotion: unpacking the concept
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Democracy promotion:
Unpacking the concept
Mateo Porciúncula
13th March 2015
Master in Development Evaluation and
Management
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How to study democracy
promotion?
What lies inside/outside the “box”
?
Is this definition contested?
What kind of activities are
involved?
What are the expected results?
What are the implications for
assessment and evaluation?
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Methodology
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Democracy promotion and
democracy assistance
Narrow and broad definitions
“Demprom” and good
governance
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Sector Goal
Electoral
process
Free and fair elections
Strong political parties
Institution
building
Democratic constitution
Effective judiciary / law institutions
Representative legislature
Responsive local governments
Prodemocracy military
Civil Society Active advocacy NGOs
educated citizens
Independent media
Strong unions
Democracy promotion core
Top down / bottom up
Linkage / leverage
Source: Carothers, 2011 and Fritz, Rakner and Rocha, 2008
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Concepts Political Approach Developmental Approach
Value of
Democracy
Democracy and political
freedom.
Democracy is mostly a
contribution to development.
Democracy “Elections plus rights” Broad definition
Democratizatio
n
Key junctures of change.
Democrats vs. Status quo.
Slow, iterative process.
socioeconomic development
state building.
Methods Pro-democratic coalitions
Challenging regime?
More indirect.
Accountability > contestation.
non-confrontational.
Human rights approach.
Political vs Developmental
Source:
Carothers, 2008
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Measuring
from inputs to outputsProcess assessment
Measuring what? why?
Scope
Aggregation
Core functions and
weighting
Data availability
Timing conundrum
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Concept Attributes Components
Democrac
y
Conflict Right to form political
parties and compete
(association, assembly,
etc.)
Freedom of the press
Participation Right to vote
Fairness of the elections
(financing, media,
processes .etc.)
Outcomes: democracy measurements
Datasets
Limitations
Hybrid Regime
mimicry
Picture by Igor Siwanowicz (c)
+ Accountability: horizontal, vertical
Source: Dahl, 1971
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Impact
Democracy determined?
Geography, culture, economy +
process, institutions and agency
Qualitative and quantitative
Known unkwons
Form and function of democracies
Isolating the treatment’s effect
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Final considerations
Realistic expectations
A deeper look at program
theories
Political thinking
Time lag considerations
Meso-level indicators
Complexity
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Thank you!