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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These differ primarily along two dimensions : the actors whose behavior is seen as central to political outcomes and the factors and processes - causal , constitutive and normative - that influence actor behavior and therefore outcomes ...
These differ primarily along two dimensions : the actors whose behavior is seen as central to political outcomes and the factors and processes - causal , constitutive and normative - that influence actor behavior and therefore outcomes ...
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In short , actors in all three theories make deci- sions primarily according to a “ logic of consequences " ( March and ... As a corollary , institutions that hope to modify actor behavior must alter incentives , constraints , and other ...
In short , actors in all three theories make deci- sions primarily according to a “ logic of consequences " ( March and ... As a corollary , institutions that hope to modify actor behavior must alter incentives , constraints , and other ...
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liberal theory would suggest , government leaders seeking to protect their own positions , not " states , " seem to be the primary actors here . Although liberal scholars frequently compare democracies with authoritarian states ...
liberal theory would suggest , government leaders seeking to protect their own positions , not " states , " seem to be the primary actors here . Although liberal scholars frequently compare democracies with authoritarian states ...
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Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral Institutions |
| Editors | Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 1588265331, 9781588265333 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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