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Tracing the boom of local NGOs since the 1990s in the context of the global political economy of aid, current trends of neoliberal state restructuring, and shifting post-Cold War hegemonies, this book explores the “associational revolution” in post-socialist, post-conflict Serbia. Looking into the country’s “transition” through a global and relational analytical prism, the ethnography unpacks the various forms of dispossession and inequality entailed in the democracy-promotion project.

Democratization --- Non-governmental organizations --- Serbia --- Social conditions --- Aid. --- Associational Revolution. --- Democracy Promotion. --- NGOs. --- Non-Governmental Organizations. --- Post-Communist. --- Serbia.

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"This book looks at democracy promotion as a form of foreign policy. Elliott asks why democracy was seen to be the answer to the 7/7 bombings in London, and why it should be promoted not in Britain, but in Pakistan. The book provides a detailed answer to these questions, examining the logic and the modes of thinking that made such a response possible through analysis of the stories we tell about ourselves: stories about time, history, development, civilisation and the ineluctable spread of democracy. Elliott argues that these narratives have become a key tool in enabling practices that differentiate selves from others, friends from enemies, the domestic from the foreign, civilisation from the barbarian. They operate with a particular conception of time and constitute a British, democratic, national identity by positing an "other" that is barbaric, alien, despotic, violent and backward. Such understandings are useful in wake of disaster, because they leave us with something to do: danger can be managed by bringing certain people and places up-to-date. However, this book shows that there are other stories to be told, and that it is possible to read stories about history against the grain and author alternative, less oppressive, versions. Providing a genealogy drawing on material from colonial and postcolonial Britain and Pakistan, including legislation, political discourse, popular culture and government projects, this book will be of interest to scholars and students focusing on democracy promotion; genealogy; critical border studies; poststructural IR; postcolonial politics; discourse analysis; identity/subjectivity; and "the war on terror"."--Provided by publisher.

Democratization --- Democracy. --- International relations. --- International cooperation. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Democracy assistance --- Political Science --- International Relations --- Foreign Policy --- Democracy --- Democracy promotion --- India --- Liberal democracy --- Pakistan

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Remittances, money sent by workers back to their home countries, support democratic expansion. Migration and Democracy focuses on the effects of worker remittances and how these resources shape political action in the Global South. Remittances are not only the largest source of foreign income in most autocratic countries, but also, in contrast to foreign aid or international investment, flow directly to citizens. As a result, they provide resources that make political opposition possible, and they decrease government dependency, undermining the patronage strategies underpinning authoritarianism. The authors discuss how international migration produces a decentralised flow of income that generally circumvents governments to reach citizens who act as democratizing agents.

Emigration and immigration - Political aspects --- Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects --- Emigrant remittances - Political aspects --- Democratization - Economic aspects --- Dictatorship --- Emigration and immigration --- Political aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Activism. --- Adventurism. --- Ant Financial Services Group. --- Antipathy. --- Beneficiary. --- Centrism. --- Citizens (Spanish political party). --- Clientelism. --- Collective behavior. --- Consumption (economics). --- Cronyism. --- Democracy promotion. --- Democratic consolidation. --- Democratization. --- Developed country. --- Development aid. --- Dictatorship. --- Economic liberalization. --- Effectiveness. --- Electoral reform. --- Estimation. --- Explanation. --- Factors of production. --- Family income. --- Government of China. --- Government shutdown in the United States. --- Government spending. --- Human capital flight. --- Illegal immigration. --- Import. --- Income. --- Incumbent. --- Insurgency. --- International non-governmental organization. --- Investment. --- Jean Ping. --- Judiciary. --- Liberalization. --- Local history. --- Marabout. --- Market price. --- Mass surveillance. --- Measurement. --- Military dictatorship. --- Modernization theory. --- Monarchy. --- Multiple citizenship. --- Nationalization. --- Nativism (politics). --- Neoliberalism. --- No taxation without representation. --- North–South divide. --- Obstacle. --- Opposition Party. --- Participation (decision making). --- Political opportunity. --- Political repression. --- Political science. --- Political sociology. --- Populism. --- Poverty reduction. --- Project. --- Prosocial behavior. --- Protest vote. --- Public good. --- Rebellion. --- Recolonization. --- Regime. --- Remittance. --- Right-wing politics. --- Safety net. --- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. --- Sewerage. --- Smuggling. --- Social science. --- Spillover effect. --- Spoils system. --- Structural adjustment. --- Subsidy. --- Suggestion. --- Tanzania. --- Tax revenue. --- Tax. --- Term limit. --- Thomas Boni Yayi. --- United Nations Security Council. --- Volunteering. --- Voting. --- Welfare. --- Youth unemployment. --- Emigrant remittances --- Democratization --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Immigrant remittances --- Remittances, Emigrant --- Foreign exchange --- Political systems --- Migration. Refugees