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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... Commission of Women ( CIM ) .2 Among the inter - American institutions re- sponsible for promoting and protecting human rights , the commission and the court have played a predominant role , which will be examined more closely in the ...
... Commission of Women ( CIM ) .2 Among the inter - American institutions re- sponsible for promoting and protecting human rights , the commission and the court have played a predominant role , which will be examined more closely in the ...
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... Commission The essential political body created by NAFTA is the Free Trade Commis- sion . Composed of the trade ministers of each of the three countries , the commission meets at least once a year and has almost no power of its own . It ...
... Commission The essential political body created by NAFTA is the Free Trade Commis- sion . Composed of the trade ministers of each of the three countries , the commission meets at least once a year and has almost no power of its own . It ...
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... commission's interpretive note , but this move has not gone unchal- lenged . One panel's ruling indicated clearly that such clarifications could not , in any circumstances , be interpreted as modifications of the original text of the ...
... commission's interpretive note , but this move has not gone unchal- lenged . One panel's ruling indicated clearly that such clarifications could not , in any circumstances , be interpreted as modifications of the original text of the ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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