Defending the gains? : transatlantic responses when democracy is under threat / edited by Esther Brimmer.

Ch. 1. Rethinking Transatlantic Responses When Democracy is Under Threat / Esther Brimmer -- Ch. 2. Opening Remarks on Defending the Gains? Transatlantic Responses When Democracy is Under Threat / Serge Sur -- Ch. 3. Democracy Promotion and Transatlantic Relations: A View from Canada / Jeffrey Kopstein -- Ch. 4. Is Democracy the UN's Business? The United Nations and Sustaining Democracy / Magdy Martinez-Soliman -- Ch. 5. The United States, the European Union and the Consolidation of Democracy in Eastern Europe / Jan Zielonka -- Ch. 6. The United States, Europe, and Democracy in West Africa / Yann Bedzigui -- Ch. 7. The Russian Political System and U.S. National Interests / Celeste A. Wallander -- Ch. 8. Case Study: Zimbabwe / David Monyae -- Ch. 9. International Response to Democratic Crisis in Venezuela / Jennifer L. McCoy -- Appendix. Conference Agenda.

Based on presentations at a conference held in Washington, DC on Sept. 25, 2006 and sponsored by the University of Paris II, the University of Oxford, and Johns Hopkins University.

Includes bibliographical references.