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21st Century Democracy Promotion in the Americas

Jorge Heine | Brigitte Weiffen
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Civil Society
comparative politics
Democracy Clause
Democracy Promotion
Democracy Promotion Regime
Democratic Crisis
Democratic Decline
Democratic Political Institutional Process
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Global Institutions
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Honduran Crisis
IADC
Inter-American Democratic Charter
international law application
Latin America's Transition
Latin American studies
Latin America’s Transition
Military Junta
norm enforcement mechanisms
OAS
OAS Action
OAS Charter
OAS General Assembly
OAS Member State
OAS Permanent Council
OAS Response
Permanent Council
Pink Tide
political crises analysis
Pr Om
regional democratic intervention case studies
regional governance
Representative Democracy
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Unconstitutional Alteration
Washington Protocol
Weiffen
Weiss
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780415626361
  • Weight: 362g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Oct 2014
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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This volume examines the promotion and defense of democracy in the Americas. Taking the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC) of 2001 as a baseline, it charts the evolution of the issue over the past decade.

Although it considers historical antecedents, the main focus of the book is on key instances of promotion and defense of democracy in the Western hemisphere since the adoption of the IADC. It analyzes democratic norms, norm enforcement mechanisms and how they work in practice. Special attention is paid to the 2009 Honduras coup, the issues raised by it and the debates that surrounded it, as this was the first instance in which a member state was suspended in accordance with the IADC. Three central themes guide the analysis: the nature of challenges to democracy in Latin America; the role of regional organizations as democracy promoters; and the transformation of Inter-American relations.

The book unveils the key achievements and limitations of the OAS in the field and will be of great interest to students and scholars of democratization, US-Latin American relations, international relations of Latin-America and international organizations.
About Brigitte Weiffen | Jorge Heine
Jorge Heine is CIGI Professor of Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Wilson Center Global Fellow. He is a past Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and has held visiting appointments at the universities of Konstanz, Heidelberg, Oxford, Paris and Stanford. He is a former Chilean Ambassador to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (2003-2007) and to South Africa (1994-1999). Brigitte Weiffen is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. She was previously a research associate at University of Tübingen and the University of Bonn and has been a visiting researcher at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo and at the Institute of International Relations, University of São Paulo.

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