One of what kind? Comparative perspectives on the substance of EU democracy promotion

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Notes

¹ Exceptions are the edited volumes by Hobson and Kurki (2012), who focus on the conceptual politics of democracy promotion, and Wetzel and Orbie (2011b, 2015), who examine only the EU and employ a very specific perspective.

² We are grateful to Milja Kurki for this suggestion.

³ Based on the OECD DAC database at < http://stats.oecd.org/qwids/>, specifically the ‘government and civil society—general’ sector.

⁴ Interview, European External Action Service, 12 May 2011.

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Anne Wetzel

Fabienne Bossuyt is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Ghent University in Belgium. Her research focuses on the EU's external relations and policies, with a particular focus on the soft dimension of the EU's external action, including trade policy and democracy promotion. Email: [email protected]

Jan Orbie

Jan Orbie is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Centre for EU Studies at Ghent University in Belgium. He researches the EU's external relations, in particular trade and development policies. Email: [email protected]

Fabienne Bossuyt

Anne Wetzel is a post-doctoral fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany. Her research interests include international relations and democracy promotion, the EU's relationship with Eastern neighbours and the EU in international organizations. Email: [email protected]