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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Traditionally , the OAS was governed by its originating document , the Charter of the OAS , signed in Bogotá in 1948 , as amended on numerous occasions , and by its political organs — the annual ministerial - level General Assembly and ...
Traditionally , the OAS was governed by its originating document , the Charter of the OAS , signed in Bogotá in 1948 , as amended on numerous occasions , and by its political organs — the annual ministerial - level General Assembly and ...
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The OAS annual reports provide solid evidence that the institution's agenda has been reinvigorated and molded by summitry . In a summary of his first five - year term , Gaviria wrote of “ solid gains on the Hemispheric agenda ...
The OAS annual reports provide solid evidence that the institution's agenda has been reinvigorated and molded by summitry . In a summary of his first five - year term , Gaviria wrote of “ solid gains on the Hemispheric agenda ...
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This new office soon took on the technical secretariat functions of the SIRG ( OAS , Annual Reports , various , reports of the Office of Summit Follow - up ) . However , the OSFU has been understaffed and underfunded , limiting its ...
This new office soon took on the technical secretariat functions of the SIRG ( OAS , Annual Reports , various , reports of the Office of Summit Follow - up ) . However , the OSFU has been understaffed and underfunded , limiting its ...
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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 |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / American Government / General |
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