Promoting Democracy in the Americas

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8676-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Integrating comparative politics and international relations perspectives, this volume provides a critical analysis of the role of international and transnational actors in contemporary democratization processes in the Americas. It covers recent challenges to democracy in Venezuela, Haiti, and Ecuador along with current debates about election monitoring and democracy promotion within the Organization of American States.

The book provides up-to-date case studies—not available in any other text—of the major actors involved in recent democracy promotion activities in the Americas. The contributors focus on diverse themes related to efforts to strengthen democracy in the Americas and include fresh material on the role of regional powers other than the United States—specifically Brazil and Canada—in regional initiatives.

Showcasing cutting-edge theoretical debates, Promoting Democracy in the Americas offers a much needed reality check on whether international and transnational actors are indeed successful in their efforts to promote democracy and, if so, exactly what type of democracy they envision.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Legler, Thomas

Lean, Sharon F.

Boniface, Dexter S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 1. The International and Transnational Dimensions of Democracy in the Americas
Part I: The Role of the OAS and Regional Powers
Chapter 2. The OAS and Legalizing Norms of Democracy
Chapter 3. The OAS's Mixed Record
Chapter 4. The United States: Rhetoric and Reality
Chapter 5. Canada: Democracy's New Champion?
Chapter 6. Brazil: How Realists Defend Democracy
Part II: Election Monitoring
Chapter 7. Election Monitoring and the Western Hemisphere Idea
Chapter 8. External Validation and Democratic Accountability
Part III: Crisis Cases
Chapter 9. Haiti 2004: CARICOM's Democracy Promotion Eorts
Chapter 10. Venezuela 2002–2004: The Ch.vez Challenge

Chapter 11. Ecuador 2004–2005: Democratic Crisis Redux
Part IV: Critical Reflections
Chapter 12. The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and Guatemala
Chapter 13. Transnational Response to Democratic Crisis in the Americas, 1990–2005
Appendix A. OAS Resolution 1080
Appendix B. The Inter-American Democratic Charter
References

List of Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Legler, Thomas
Thomas Legler is a professor of international studies at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico.

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.