
Promoting Democracy In The Americas
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Summary
Author Biography
Thomas Legler is a professor of international studies at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico. Sharon F. Lean is an assistant professor of political science at Wayne State University. Dexter S. Boniface is an assistant professor of political science at Rollins College.
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. vii |
Preface | p. xiii |
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | p. xvii |
The International and Transnational Dimensions of Democracy in the Americas | p. 1 |
The Role of the OAS and Regional Powers | |
The OAS and Legalizing Norms of Democracy | p. 21 |
The OAS's Mixed Record | p. 40 |
The United States: Rhetoric and Reality | p. 63 |
Canada: Democracy's New Champion? | p. 85 |
Brazil: How Realists Defend Democracy | p. 107 |
Election Monitoring | |
Election Monitoring and the Western Hemisphere Idea | p. 133 |
External Validation and Democratic Accountability | p. 152 |
Crisis Cases | |
Haiti 2004: CARICOM's Democracy Promotion Efforts | p. 177 |
Venezuela 2002-2004: The Chavez Challenge | p. 204 |
Ecuador 2004-2005: Democratic Crisis Redux | p. 225 |
Critical Reflections | |
The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and Guatemala | p. 249 |
Transnational Response to Democratic Crisis in the Americas, 1990-2005 | p. 270 |
OAS Resolution 1080 | p. 291 |
The Inter-American Democratic Charter | p. 293 |
References | p. 303 |
List of Contributors | p. 327 |
Index | p. 331 |
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