Foreword
Preface
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 1. The International and Transnational Dimensions of Democracy in the Americas
Part I: The Role of the OAS and Regional Powers
Chapter 2. The OAS and Legalizing Norms of Democracy
Chapter 3. The OAS's Mixed Record
Chapter 4. The United States: Rhetoric and Reality
Chapter 5. Canada: Democracy's New Champion?
Chapter 6. Brazil: How Realists Defend Democracy
Part II: Election Monitoring
Chapter 7. Election Monitoring and the Western Hemisphere Idea
Chapter 8. External Validation and Democratic Accountability
Part III: Crisis Cases
Chapter 9. Haiti 2004: CARICOM's Democracy Promotion Eorts
Chapter 10. Venezuela 2002-2004: The Ch.vez Challenge
Chapter 11. Ecuador 2004-2005: Democratic Crisis Redux
Part IV: Critical Reflections
Chapter 12. The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and Guatemala
Chapter 13. Transnational Response to Democratic Crisis in the Americas, 1990-2005
Appendix A. OAS Resolution 1080
Appendix B. The Inter-American Democratic Charter
References
List of Contributors
Index