Regional Organizations and Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law: The African Union, Organization of American States, and the Diffusion of Institutions

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Contents
Abbreviations
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1 Introduction
	The Puzzle
	The Argument
	The Research Design
	The Implications
	Organization of the Book
	References
2 Explaining the Adoption and Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
	Conceptualizing Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
		Regional Organizations
		Regional Institutions
		Adoption and Design of Regional Institutions
			Standards
			Instruments
	Theoretical Explanations for the Adoption and Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
		Demand for Regional Institutions
		Diffusion of Regional Institutions
		The Interplay of Demands and Diffusion
	Conclusion
	References
3 Patterns of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
	The GTRO Data Sets
		Selection of Organizations
		Data Collection and Processing
	Mapping the Adoption of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
	Mapping the Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
		Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions Over Time
		Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions Across Geographic Regions
			The Western Hemisphere
			Europe
			Africa
			Asia
		Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions Across Types of ROs
			Continental Organizations
			Sub-regional Organizations
			Trans-regional Organizations
		Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions Across Functions of ROs
			Political Organizations
			Economic and Welfare-Oriented Organizations
			Security Organizations
	Summary
	References
4 Accounting for Variation in the Adoption and Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions: A Spatial Econometric Approach
	Explaining the Adoption of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions
		Operationalization of Variables
			Dependent Variable
			Independent Variables
		Estimation and Results
			Model Specification
			Results of Estimation
		Discussion of Results
	Explaining the Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions: Scope and Strength
		Operationalization of Variables
			Dependent Variable
			Independent Variables
		Estimation and Results
			Model Specification
			Results of Estimation
		Discussion of Results
	Explaining the Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions: Similarity in Institutional Design
		Operationalization of Variables
			Dependent Variable
			Independent Variables
		Estimation and Results
			Model Specification
			Results of Estimation
		Discussion of Results
	Summary
	References
5 The Organization of American States: Pioneering the Adoption and Design of Regional Institutions
	Promoting and Protecting Democracy in the OAS: An Overview
	From the OAS Charter to the Inter-American Democratic Charter: Tracing the Evolution of Regional Institutions in the OAS
	Explaining the Evolution of Regional Institutions in the OAS
	Conclusion
	References
6 The Organization of African Unity and African Union: Following the Design of Reference Models
	The Organization of African Unity (OAU) and African Union (AU)
	From the Monrovia Declaration to the African Governance Architecture: Tracing the Adoption and Design of Regional Democracy and Rule of Law Institutions
	Explaining the Evolution of Regional Institutions in the OAU/AU
	Conclusion
	References
7 Conclusion
	The Spread of Increasingly Similar Regional Institutions
	Demands, Diffusion, and Their Interplay
	Implications
	References
Appendix
References
Index