Promoting democracy in the Americas
By: edited by Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean, Dexter S. Boniface
Contributors: Legler, Thomas F., 1967-; Lean, Sharon Frances; Boniface, Dexter S., 1973-
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780801886751; 9780801886768
Subjects: Democracy -- Latin America; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index
Table of contents: title: The international and transnational dimensions of democracy in the Americas / Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean and Dexter S. Boniface; title: The role of the OAS and regional powers; title: The OAS and legalizing norms of democracy / Darren Hawkins and Carolyn M. Shaw; title: The OAS's mixed record / Dexter S. Boniface; title: The United States : rhetoric and reality / Carolyn M. Shaw; title: Canada : democracy's new champion? / Flavie Major; title: Brazil : how realists defend democracy / Sean Burges and Jean Daudelin; title: Election monitoring; title: Election monitoring and the Western Hemisphere idea / Arturo Santa-Cruz; title: External validation and democratic accountability / Sharon F. Lean; title: Crisis cases; title: Haiti 2004 : CARICOM's democracy promotion efforts / David M. Goldberg; title: Venezuela 2002-2004 : the Chávez challenge / Thomas Legler; title: Ecuador 2004-2005 : democratic crisis redux / Barry S. Levitt; title: Critical reflections; title: The international political economy of democracy promotion : lessons from Haiti and Guatemala / Yasmine Shamsie; title: Transnational response to democratic crises in the Americas, 1990-2005 / Jennifer L. McCoy; title: Appendix A. OAS resolution 1080; title: Appendix B. The inter-American democratic charter