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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Coordination and motivation of multiple OAS agencies and of the multiple actors at the subregional and national levels remain a daunting challenge for the hemisphere . Whatever the security framework , countries of the region will have ...
Coordination and motivation of multiple OAS agencies and of the multiple actors at the subregional and national levels remain a daunting challenge for the hemisphere . Whatever the security framework , countries of the region will have ...
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After the initial challenge of creating the Inter - American Democratic Challenge in 2001 , the member states of the OAS and civil society in the Americas face the problem of putting its noble principles into ...
After the initial challenge of creating the Inter - American Democratic Challenge in 2001 , the member states of the OAS and civil society in the Americas face the problem of putting its noble principles into ...
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... The investment challenge . The second macroeconomic failing of the last quarter century has been the inability to get the rate of investment back up to the level needed to sustain strong growth . The debt crisis ushered in a new ...
... The investment challenge . The second macroeconomic failing of the last quarter century has been the inability to get the rate of investment back up to the level needed to sustain strong growth . The debt crisis ushered in a new ...
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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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