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Promoting democracy in the Americas / edited by Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean, Dexter S. Boniface.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.Description: xviii, 338 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0801886759 (alk. paper)
  • 9780801886751 (alk. paper)
  • 0801886767 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780801886768 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.98
LOC classification:
  • JL 966 P965 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The 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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JL 966 P965 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000121538

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.

The 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.

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.

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