Challenging the norm? International election accompaniment in Nicaragua and Venezuela

América Latina Hoy

Michael MCCARTHY¹  Jennifer MCCOY²  Shelley MCCONNEL³ 

[1] American University;Georgia State University;St. Lawrence University;

关键词: norma;    elecciones;    observación;    nicaragua;    venezuela;   

DOI  :  10.14201/alh201570109132

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

International election monitoring has been touted as a regional norm in the Western hemisphere, but recent reforms in Venezuela and Nicaragua substituted a diminished international role of electoral accompaniment. This article traces the initial acceptance and later limitation of international election monitoring in those countries to explore whether the change constitutes norm localization or norm defection. It concludes that the norm is not as well institutionalized in the hemisphere as conventionally thought, and that models need to assess together national and international monitoring capacities.

【 授权许可】

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