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Regional Integration and Democratic Conditionality

The goal of regional organizations to reduce uncertainty in international relations has been irregular worldwide and remains a puzzle for scholars. Lack of democracy and transparency are only two faces of international uncertainty, which have motivated scholars to explain how regional organizations can incentivize states to enhance and consolidate democracy. Genna and Hiroi contribute to this debate with an extensive research on how forty regional organizations play or not a significant role in providing elements to support democracy, particularly through the use of democratic conditionality. This is a highly recommended reading on comparative regionalism. Roberto Dominguez, Suffolk University

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.

Gaspare M. Genna is 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 , as well as numerous book chapters. He is 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.

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121 Regional Integration and Democratic Conditionality
How Democracy Clauses Help Democratic Consolidation and Deepening
Gaspare M. Genna and Taeko Hiroi

Regional Integration and Democratic Conditionality

How Democracy Clauses Help Democratic Consolidation and Deepening

Gaspare M. Genna and Taeko Hiroi

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