Exporting Democracy : The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea

A former Rhodes Scholar, BOB RAE was born in Ottawa in 1948. A leading politician of his generation, he has been elected to federal and provincial parliaments eight times and served as Ontario’s twenty-first premier in the early 1990s.

In 1999, he helped found the international Forum of Federations and served as its chair for seven years. He has advised and worked on federalism and constitutional matters in Sri Lanka, Sudan and Iraq.

Since 2006, Rae has been a prominent member of the federal Liberal Party. He is the party’s foreign affairs critic, and is the author of three previous books. “From the Hardcover edition.”