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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... Europe was four times that of trade with the United States . The impli- cations of the resurgent imperialism of European powers , such as France , England , and Germany , actively expanding their colonial empires were not lost on the ...
... Europe was four times that of trade with the United States . The impli- cations of the resurgent imperialism of European powers , such as France , England , and Germany , actively expanding their colonial empires were not lost on the ...
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... European integration . In comparison with the European experience , dominated by the European Union , the inter- American system is limited by allowing the coexistence of several levels of interstate governance in the region : a ...
... European integration . In comparison with the European experience , dominated by the European Union , the inter- American system is limited by allowing the coexistence of several levels of interstate governance in the region : a ...
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... European Union , which has mechanisms aimed at providing . special assistance to the lower - income members , trade arrangements in- volving Latin American countries and the United States , Canada , or both ( like NAFTA ) do not . The ...
... European Union , which has mechanisms aimed at providing . special assistance to the lower - income members , trade arrangements in- volving Latin American countries and the United States , Canada , or both ( like NAFTA ) do not . The ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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