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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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  1. Sören Stapel

    1. University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  • Identifies factors that generate the demand for regional institutions and shape its institutional design
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of regional democracy, human rights, and rule of law
  • Explores when, why, and how regional organizations adopt and design institutions to promote democracy

Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 1-31

  3. Explaining the Adoption and Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 33-88

  4. Patterns of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 89-150

  5. Accounting for Variation in the Adoption and Design of Regional Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law Institutions: A Spatial Econometric Approach

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 151-199

  6. The Organization of American States: Pioneering the Adoption and Design of Regional Institutions

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 201-236

  7. The Organization of African Unity and African Union: Following the Design of Reference Models

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 237-275

  8. Conclusion

    • Sören Stapel
    Pages 277-295

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 297-349
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About this book

This book explores when, why, and how regional organizations adopt and design institutions to promote and protect fundamental standards of democracy, human rights, and rule of law in their member states. These regional institutions have spread globally. While their institutional designs have become increasingly similar over time, regional particularities persist. The book identifies factors that generate the demand for regional institutions and shape its institutional design. The argument combines hitherto juxtaposed explanatory factors of demands and diffusion by integrating them in a single framework and clarifying under what conditions the interplay between demands and diffusion plays out in the adoption and design of regional institutions. The book provides a comprehensive overview of regional democracy, human rights, and rule of law institutions based on two original datasets and draws on multivariate statistical analysis as well as case studies on the making and change of regional institutions in the Organization of American States and the Organization of African Unity/African Union.



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‘‘This outstanding book shows when, why and how regional organizations adopt and design regional democracy, human rights, and rule of law institutions. Combining mixed-methods with rigorous theory-driven analysis, Sören Stapel captures the broad picture, provides fascinating answers and highlights the interplay of demands and diffusion in two rich case studies on the OAS and OAU/AU. A must-read for all scholars of comparative regionalism.’’

– Johannes Muntschick, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany  

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Sören Stapel

About the author

Sören Stapel is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His research interests include global and regional governance, norm and policy diffusion, human rights, and overlapping regionalism. He recently published Comparing Regional Organizations (Bristol University Press, 2020, with Diana Panke and Anna Starkmann).


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Regional Organizations and Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law

  • Book Subtitle: The African Union, Organization of American States, and the Diffusion of Institutions

  • Authors: Sören Stapel

  • Series Title: Governance and Limited Statehood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90398-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90397-8Published: 10 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90400-5Published: 11 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90398-5Published: 10 January 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2947-8944

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-8952

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 349

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Science, Governance and Government

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