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Regional Parliaments and Democratic Crises: The Performance of ECOWAS and MERCOSUR Parliaments in the Democracy Protection Agenda

Published:2021-11-26 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0031-2290
Container-title:Parliamentary Affairs
language:en
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Author:

Luciano Bruno Theodoro¹^ORCID,Ramanzini Júnior Haroldo²

Affiliation:

1. San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program in International Relations (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil

2. Institute of Economics and International Relations, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil

Abstract

Abstract This article aims to examine regional parliaments of two prominent regional organisations in South America (Southern Common Market) and Western Africa (Economic Community of West African States), by focusing on their performance in the agenda of democracy protection. We comparatively assess the performance of regional parliamentary agents in contributing to the mediation and conflict resolution in cases of democratic breakdown as well as the conditions and factors that affect parliamentary performance. We argue that regional parliaments have exerted relevant agency in democratic crises, despite their low decision-making competencies and the strong intergovernmental features of Global South regional organisations.

Funder

Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Law,Sociology and Political Science

Link

https://academic.oup.com/pa/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/pa/gsab059/41355883/gsab059.pdf

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