Regional Integration and Democratic Conditionality How Democracy Clauses Help Democratic Consolidation and Deepening Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics Series
Auteurs : Genna Gaspare M., Hiroi Taeko
How effective are democracy clauses of regional integration organizations (RIOs) in promoting democratization and democratic consolidation among member-states? RIOs are increasingly adopting "democracy only" clauses in their treaties, requiring democracy and political stability as a condition of membership. Stable democracy is a collective good for RIO members; without political stability, uncertainty regarding economic exchange increases, undermining the promise of integration. The presence of powerful countries may be necessary for the RIOs to legalize democratic conditionality.
In this book, the authors argue that once established democracy clauses exert an independent influence in promoting and defending democratic norms and institutions within the member-states by increasing the transparency and credibility of democratic commitment and sanctions for violation. The findings based on the analysis of 40 RIOs around the world and in-depth analysis of the European Union, the Common Market of the South, and the Economic Community of West African States indicate that RIO democracy clauses help prevent democratic backsliding and coups and stimulate democratization and consolidation.
With its global scope, originality, and theoretical rigor, this is the first book to catalogue democracy clauses adopted by RIOs worldwide with a thorough analysis of their effectiveness.
Selected Contents: IntroductionChapter 1. Regional Integration and Democratic ConditionalityChapter 2. The Mechanisms of Formal Democratic ConditionalityChapter 3. Origins of Formal Democratic ConditionalityChapter 4. Do Democracy Clauses Matter? The Effects of Formal Democratic Conditionality on Coups, Backsliding, and Democratic ProgressChapter 5. The European UnionChapter 6. The Common Market of the SouthChapter 7. The Economic Community of West African StatesConclusion.References. Index
Gaspare M. Genna is an Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Texas at El Paso. His work is found in International Politics, Journal of European Integration, Comparative European Politics, Latin American Perspectives, Journal of Developing Societies, International Interactions, International Political Economy, and European Union Politics and numerous book chapters. He is an associate editor of Politics & Policy, Senior Research Fellow at the TransResearch Institute, and Associate Research Fellow at the Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, United Nations University.
Taeko Hiroi is Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Texas at El Paso. Her research areas are democratic political institutions, democratization, legislative politics, electoral systems, corruption, and comparative and international political economy. She is particularly interested in the issues of governability, quality of democracy, accountability, and representation.
Date de parution : 01-2015
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 11-2016
15.2x22.9 cm
Thème de Regional Integration and Democratic Conditionality :
Mots-clés :
International Relations; International Political Economy; Regionalism; International Conflict and Cooperation; International Organizations; Comparative Regional Integration; Foreign Policy; Democratization; Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR); Regional Integration Organizations (RIOs); conomic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS); European Union (EU); Conditionality; Democracy Clause; Democratic Conditionality; Coup Risk; North American Free Trade Agreement; Junta; Military Junta; RIOs; Average Polity Score; Domestic Political Stability; ECOWAS Leader; ECOWAS Member State; Ushuaia Protocol; Polity Score; Low Economic Interdependence; Faure Gnassingbe; Gdp Growth Rate; Democratic Backsliding; Democratic Density; ECOWAS Member; Event History Analysis; ECOWAS Commission; Membership Suspension; ECOWAS Standby Force; Cap Outlay; Electoral Commission