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Book SynopsisAn increase in tolerance is least marked, however, for unilateral action of a coercive nature, which in the Western Hemisphere usually means action that the Unites States has taken on its own initiative.-from the Introduction
Trade ReviewA valuable collection of essays edited by a well-respected law professor and human rights activist who directs the Law and International Relations program at American University, this volume focuses on the tension between collective action for the defense of democracy and traditional notions of sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere. Foreign Affairs
Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Collectively Defending Democracy in the Western Hemisphere: Introduction and Overview
Part I: Theory: Sovereignty and Democracy in the 1990s
Chapter 2. Changing Perceptions of Domestic Jurisdiction and Intervention
Chapter 3. Democracy in Latin America: Degrees, Illusions, and Directions for Consolidation
Part II: Practice and Policy: The Role of Nonstate Actors
Chapter 4. The United Nations, Democracy, and the Americas
Chapter 5. The Organization of American States and the Protection of Democracy
Chapter 6. Nongovernmental Organizations, Democracy, and Human Rights in Latin America
Chapter 7. The International Donor Community: Conditioned Aid and the Promotion and Defense of Democracy
Part III: Practice and Policy: National, Transnational, and Foreign Actors
Chapter 8. Haiti: Sovereign Consent Versus State-Centric Sovereignty
Chapter 9. El Salvador: Lessons in Peace Consolidation
Chapter 10. Chile: External Actors and the Transition to Democracy
Chapter 11. Peru: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Western Hemisphere
Chapter 12. International Support for Democratization: A Map and Some Policy Guidelines Derived from the Four Case Studies
Chapter 13. External Pressures and Domestic Constraints: The Lessons of the Four Case Studies
Part IV: Two Impending Challenges
Chapter 14. Cuba in the International Community in the 1990s: Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Democracy
Chapter 15. Treading Lightly and Without a Stick: International Actors and the Promotion of Democracy in Mexico
Notes
Notes on Contributors
Index
