Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral InstitutionsGordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam This is a systematic assessment of the functioning of hemispheric institutions since the introduction of the Summit of the Americas process in 1994. The text evaluates the effectiveness of inter-American institutions with regard to core issues of democratic governance, security, trade, and economic development. |
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... Asia . The economic and political realities of the two regions also vary dramati- cally . The fourteen English - speaking Caribbean nations have relatively sta- ble democratic institutions . Their weakness is economic vulnerability . A ...
... Asia . The economic and political realities of the two regions also vary dramati- cally . The fourteen English - speaking Caribbean nations have relatively sta- ble democratic institutions . Their weakness is economic vulnerability . A ...
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... Asia - Pacific Economic Coopera- tion ( APEC ) , the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) , and summitry in the Americas , there are no strong bureaucracies that have been created specifically to carry out the leaders ...
... Asia - Pacific Economic Coopera- tion ( APEC ) , the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) , and summitry in the Americas , there are no strong bureaucracies that have been created specifically to carry out the leaders ...
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... Asian countries specializing in labor - intensive exports , is proba- bly the more so now , given the increased ... Asia and at times in some Latin American countries was superior to the freer trade strategy currently pushed on the ...
... Asian countries specializing in labor - intensive exports , is proba- bly the more so now , given the increased ... Asia and at times in some Latin American countries was superior to the freer trade strategy currently pushed on the ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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