Promoting Democracy in the Americas

Foreword, by Tom Farer vii Preface xiii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xvii 1 The International and Transnational Dimensions of Democracy in the Americas 1 Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean and Dexter S. Boniface PART I: The Role of the OAS and Regional Powers 2 The OAS and Legalizing Norms of Democracy 21 Darren Hawkins and Carolyn M. Shaw 3 The OAS's Mixed Record 40 Dexter S. Boniface 4 The United States: Rhetoric and Reality 63 Carolyn M. Shaw 5 Canada: Democracy's New Champion? 85 Flavie Major 6 Brazil: How Realists Defend Democracy 107 Sean Burges and Jean Daudelin PART II: Election Monitoring 7 Election Monitoring and the Western Hemisphere Idea 133 Arturo Santa-Cruz 8 External Validation and Democratic Accountability 152 Sharon F. Lean PART III: Crisis Cases 9 Haiti 2004: CARICOM's Democracy Promotion Efforts 177 David M. Goldberg 10 Venezuela 2002-2004: The Chavez Challenge 204 Thomas Legler 11 Ecuador 2004-2005: Democratic Crisis Redux 225 Barry S. Levitt PART IV: Critical Reflections 12 The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and Guatemala 249 Yasmine Shamsie 13 Transnational Response to Democratic Crisis in the Americas, 1990-2005 270 Jennifer L. McCoy Appendix A. OAS Resolution 1080 291 Appendix B. The Inter-American Democratic Charter 293 References 303 List of Contributors 327 Index 331