Democracy assistance is direct material and technical support to democratic institutions and initiatives. That is distinct from the assistance the plan gives to the supporting conditions for democracy.
Lappin 10 – Ph .D . candidate at the Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium . Richard has participated in over a dozen democracy assistance missions with the UN, EU, OSCE and Carter Center, Richard, What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition in Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratization, Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 4.1, http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf
Democracy assistance can be most accurately defined ...very precise instrument within a broader democracy promotion paradigm
Including indirect assistance makes the topic massive and hurts our ability to do in-depth research against most affs.
Lappin 10 – Ph .D . candidate at the Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium . Richard has participated in over a dozen democracy assistance missions with the UN, EU, OSCE and Carter Center, Richard, What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition in Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratization, Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 4.1, http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf
Such fastidiousness on the boundaries ...of post-conflict democracy assistance can be drawn
Broad definitions hurt democracy scholarship.
Lappin 10 – Ph .D . candidate at the Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium . Richard has participated in over a dozen democracy assistance missions with the UN, EU, OSCE and Carter Center, Richard, What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy Assistance: The Problem of Definition in Post-Conflict Approaches to Democratization, Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 4.1, http://www.cejiss.org/sites/default/files/8.pdf
This article has examined the emergence of democracy assistance