@article{5816867,
  abstract     = {{This article analyses the substance of the European Union’s and United
States’ democracy assistance in Ethiopia in 2005–2010. Does this case reveal a transatlantic split, whereby the EU focuses on the external context and the US on the partial regimes of embedded, liberal democracy? Emphasizing the importance of institutions in analysing how interests and ideas affect democracy assistance, the article investigates how the substance may differ between the European Development Fund
(EDF), European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The analysis finds a transatlantic split whereby the EU focused more on the external context and the US more on the partial regimes. This transatlantic split can be explained by the combination of ideas and institutions. More specifically, it reflects a
difference between the EDF and USAID in their focus on ownership, alignment and harmonization in democracy assistance. The combination of interests and institutions played a less significant role in explaining the substance of democracy assistance, as USAID emphasized the partial regimes, despite political control from the State Department.}},
  author       = {{Del Biondo, Karen}},
  issn         = {{0955-7571}},
  journal      = {{CAMBRIDGE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS}},
  keywords     = {{AFRICA}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{95--114}},
  title        = {{Promoting democracy or the external context? Comparting the substance of EU and US democracy assistance in Ethiopia}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2014.891099}},
  volume       = {{28}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}

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