The Organization of American States as the advocate and guardian of democracy : an insider's critical assessment of its role in promoting and defending democracy /
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Organization of American States' new role in promoting and defending democracy in the Americas; examines how exactly it performs its role among its member states; points out the tensions, weaknesses and shortcomings that constrain its performan...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
University Press of America, Incorporated,
[2015]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Democracy in the Americas: the struggle for survival
- Cold War challenges to democracy and early OAS efforts to defend it (1948-1985)
- The international promotion of democracy
- The new diplomatic and legal instruments for the collective promotion and defense of democracy
- The Inter-American Democratic Charter
- Technical assistance for democracy promotion: theory and practice
- Electoral observation: between relevance and interference
- The survival of democracy and OAS relevance
- Institutional tensions and weaknesses
- The challenging hemispheric horizon
- Suggestions for revitalization.