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Demise of the Inter-American Democracy Promotion Regime?

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During the 1990s, the member states of the OAS constructed a new regime to protect democracy from threats of authoritarian reversals. The foundation of the regime was a set of international legal pillars, including the Protocolo de Cartagena de Indias (1985), Resolution 1080, the Washington Protocol (1992/1997) and the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC, 2001). It was put to the test on numerous occasions with varying results: Bolivia (2003, 2005, 2008), Ecuador (1997, 2000, 2005), Guatemala (1993), Haiti (1991–4, 2000–5), Nicaragua (2005), Paraguay (1996, 1999), Peru (1992, 2000), and, Venezuela (1992, 2002).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Political Science and School of Advanced International Studies, Université Laval, Canada

    Gordon Mace (Professor and Director of the Inter-American Studies Centre) (Professor and Director of the Inter-American Studies Centre)

  2. The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada

    Andrew F. Cooper (Distinguished Fellow and Professor) & Timothy M. Shaw (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow) (Distinguished Fellow and Professor) &  (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow)

  3. Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

    Andrew F. Cooper (Distinguished Fellow and Professor) (Distinguished Fellow and Professor)

  4. Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

    Timothy M. Shaw (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow) (Professor and Director and Senior Fellow)

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Legler, T. (2010). Demise of the Inter-American Democracy Promotion Regime?. In: Mace, G., Cooper, A.F., Shaw, T.M. (eds) Inter-American Cooperation at a Crossroads. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294837_7

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