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Debating the Transition Paradigm: Tilting at Straw Men

Issue Date July 2002
Volume 13
Issue 3
Page Numbers 26-32
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A leading democracy specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development defends his organization’s approach.

About the Author

Gerald Hyman is director of the Office of Democracy and Governance of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Europe and Eurasia. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or ideas of the U.S. government, USAID, its management, or its democracy practitioners.

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