TY - BOOK AU - Legler,Thomas F. AU - Lean,Sharon Frances AU - Boniface,Dexter S. TI - Promoting democracy in the Americas SN - 0801886759 (alk. paper) AV - JL 966 P753.2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University KW - Democracy KW - Latin America KW - Democracia KW - América Latina KW - Politics and government KW - 1980- KW - América Latina - KW - Política y gobierno - N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [303]-326) e índice; 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 Chávez 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 ER -