03196cam a2200409 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000280009502000310012302000350015402000380018903500230022703500200025004000490027004100080031904300120032705000220033908200110036124501040037226000560047630000280053250400660056050512060062652004280183265000300226065100500229065000340234065100450237470000300241970000260244970000320247585600820250785600910258985601060268012874620230410121055.0061229s2007    mdu      b    001 0 eng    a14683703  a  2006103128  a0801886759 (alk. paper)  a9780801886751 (alk. paper)  a0801886767 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780801886768 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm77573874  a(OCoLC)77573874  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdBAKERdC#PdYDXCPdIXAdDLC  aeng  acl-----14aJL 966bP965 200700a320.9800aPromoting democracy in the Americas /cedited by Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean, Dexter S. Boniface.  aBaltimore :bJohns Hopkins University Press,c2007.  axviii, 338 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.0 aThe international and transnational dimensions of democracy in the Americas / Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean and Dexter S. Boniface -- The role of the OAS and regional powers -- The OAS and legalizing norms of democracy / Darren Hawkins and Carolyn M. Shaw -- The OAS's mixed record / Dexter S. Boniface -- The United States : rhetoric and reality / Carolyn M. Shaw -- Canada : democracy's new champion? / Flavie Major -- Brazil : how realists defend democracy / Sean Burges and Jean Daudelin -- Election monitoring -- Election monitoring and the Western Hemisphere idea / Arturo Santa-Cruz -- External validation and democratic accountability / Sharon F. Lean -- Crisis cases -- Haiti 2004 : CARICOM's democracy promotion efforts / David M. Goldberg -- Venezuela 2002-2004 : the Châavez challenge / Thomas Legler -- Ecuador 2004-2005 : democratic crisis redux / Barry S. Levitt -- Critical reflections -- The international political economy of democracy promotion : lessons from Haiti and Guatemala / Yasmine Shamsie -- Transnational response to democratic crises in the Americas, 1990-2005 / Jennifer L. McCoy -- Appendix A. OAS resolution 1080 -- Appendix B. The inter-American democratic charter.  aIntegrating 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. 0aDemocracyzLatin America. 0aLatin AmericaxPolitics and governmenty1980- 4aDemocraciazAmérica Latina. 4aAmérica LatinaxPolítica y gobierno.1 aLegler, Thomas F.,d1967-1 aLean, Sharon Frances.1 aBoniface, Dexter S.,d1973-413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006103128.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2006103128-d.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2006103128-b.html