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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The result has been institutional dysfunction leading to the inefficiency and erosion of NAFTA benefits , as this 1994 agreement is surpassed by latest - generation agreements that offer better market access or improved dispute ...
The result has been institutional dysfunction leading to the inefficiency and erosion of NAFTA benefits , as this 1994 agreement is surpassed by latest - generation agreements that offer better market access or improved dispute ...
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The need is to deter short - term capital movements , from which countries seem to benefit little even in the best of cases ... but such benefits cannot be counted on to arrive quickly and may not be nearly as great as sometimes hoped .
The need is to deter short - term capital movements , from which countries seem to benefit little even in the best of cases ... but such benefits cannot be counted on to arrive quickly and may not be nearly as great as sometimes hoped .
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The Fixation on Economic Integration : How Big Are the potential Benefits ? ... of the First Summit of the Americas , in 1994 ) was that Latin America would benefit both from more trade in general and from more within the hemisphere .
The Fixation on Economic Integration : How Big Are the potential Benefits ? ... of the First Summit of the Americas , in 1994 ) was that Latin America would benefit both from more trade in general and from more within the hemisphere .
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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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