van der Vleuten, Anna and Ribeiro-Hoffmann, Andrea (2010) Explaining the enforcement of democracy by regional organisations: comparing EU, Mercosur and SADC. Journal of Common Market Studies, 48 (3). pp. 737-758. ISSN 1468-5965
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Regional organizations sometimes intervene to preserve democracy in one of their Member States. When a regional organization has developed a democratic identity, non-intervention in case of violation of democratic principles would damage its credibility domestically and internationally. Nonetheless, violations of democratic principles sometimes go unsanctioned. Building on case studies of (non-)interventions by the EU, Mercosur and SADC, we show that the ideational costs of pressure by third parties and the interests of the regional leading powers can explain the enforcement of democracy by regional organizations. Third party pressure remains ineffective, however, when there is a clash between regional identities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0021-9886&... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 The Authors |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2010 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 08:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27978 |
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