Description:
Building Democracy and International Governance uses both case studies and careful data analysis to argue that federalist democracy may just be the most responsive, authoritative, and flexible system for nation building, and that there is value in confronting the challenges that lie in exporting federalist democracy abroad.
Review Quotes:
"Building Democracy and International Governance by George Guess comes at an especially opportune time for advancing understanding about how democratic governance initiatives might be more effectively promoted around the world. Guess pours his treasure trove of knowledge about what it takes to establish and sustain effective government into the 230+ pages of this book. His expansive knowledge base has been built from his lifetime of scholarly attention to public budgeting, finance and management and given his extensive consulting and leadership on assistance projects to governments globally... Guess exposes the truly chaotic, complex and circular nature of state-building (or destroying), the many contraindications that can surface from aid intervention, and the possibilities for balancing government needs with donor needs when engaged in promoting democratic governance." -- Katherine Willoughby, University of Georgia, USA
"A compelling approach to how foreign aid should be refocused to support good governance in the league of the highest traditions of social science... Development practitioners will greatly benefit from these insights and see paths for overcoming the formidable challenges of development." - Stephen B. Peterson, University of Melbourne, Australia