Authoritarian Member States in International Organizations

<p>This thesis investigates under which conditions do authoritarian Member States exist in International Organizations that require democratic governance in their treaty law. The European Union is used as a case study along with two of its Member States that are in the process of transitioning to democracy from previous authoritarian regimes—Hungary and Romania. This thesis employs stealth authoritarian theory to analyze how a democratizing Member State may violate these laws and revert to authoritarian governance. It also critiques international enforcement mechanisms to consider their effectiveness to enforce their laws and norms as well as prevent an authoritarian reversal. Finally, cultural internalization of IO law is analyzed in order to assess the conditions in which a Member State’s domestic population would approve, or even call for, undemocratic governance that violates IO law.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International Studies

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Barg, Matt

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dana Zartner
• Elliot Neaman

• Comparative and Foreign Law
• Comparative Politics
• Courts
• Eastern European Studies
• International Law
• International Relations
• Law
• Political Theory
• Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/163

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1197