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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Page 76
... building measures on which all could generally agree . The second two issues would prove more difficult . The General Assembly , meeting in Managua , renewed the mandate of the Special Committee and instructed it to give special ...
... building measures on which all could generally agree . The second two issues would prove more difficult . The General Assembly , meeting in Managua , renewed the mandate of the Special Committee and instructed it to give special ...
Page 101
... Building in the Americas Latin America's security context has been competitive ; deterrence and mil- itarized bargaining have predominated ( Kacowicz 1998 ; Mares 2001a ) . Efforts to resolve the Central American civil wars and bring ...
... Building in the Americas Latin America's security context has been competitive ; deterrence and mil- itarized bargaining have predominated ( Kacowicz 1998 ; Mares 2001a ) . Efforts to resolve the Central American civil wars and bring ...
Page 103
... building continues to be at the bilateral level . But in the absence of a methodology to distinguish between mere contact and the actual building of confidence , it is difficult to evaluate the impact of activities such as a mil- itary ...
... building continues to be at the bilateral level . But in the absence of a methodology to distinguish between mere contact and the actual building of confidence , it is difficult to evaluate the impact of activities such as a mil- itary ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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