Promoting Democracy in the Americas

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.

• ForewordPrefaceList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsChapter 1. The International and Transnational Dimensions of Democracy in the AmericasPart I: The Role of the OAS and Regional PowersChapter 2. The OAS and Legalizing Norms of DemocracyChapter 3. The OAS's Mixed RecordChapter 4. The United States: Rhetoric and RealityChapter 5. Canada: Democracy's New Champion?Chapter 6. Brazil: How Realists Defend DemocracyPart II: Election MonitoringChapter 7. Election Monitoring and the Western Hemisphere IdeaChapter 8. External Validation and Democratic AccountabilityPart III: Crisis CasesChapter 9. Haiti 2004: CARICOM's Democracy Promotion EortsChapter 10. Venezuela 2002–2004: The Ch.vez Challenge Chapter 11. Ecuador 2004–2005: Democratic Crisis ReduxPart IV: Critical ReflectionsChapter 12. The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and GuatemalaChapter 13. Transnational Response to Democratic Crisis in the Americas, 1990–2005Appendix A. OAS Resolution 1080Appendix B. The Inter-American Democratic CharterReferences List of Contributors Index

A worthy successor to Tom Farer's seminal Beyond Sovereignty. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2008 Excellent new volume. -- Jesse Lerner-Kinglake Bulletin of Latin American Research 2008