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 United States was clearly not to be " contained " when it considered its national interests at stake , especially in the Caribbean . The changes in Latin America's attitudes toward the OAS occasioned by the events of that era were ...
The United States was clearly not to be " contained " when it considered its national interests at stake , especially in the Caribbean . The changes in Latin America's attitudes toward the OAS occasioned by the events of that era were ...
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Without a consensus on what representative democracy meant , it was truly difficult to gauge at what point an incumbent , elected state leader could be considered to erode democracy . The criterion of free , fair , and transparent ...
Without a consensus on what representative democracy meant , it was truly difficult to gauge at what point an incumbent , elected state leader could be considered to erode democracy . The criterion of free , fair , and transparent ...
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Similarly , the inter - American bodies also considered that regimes con- travened the declaration and the convention when they insisted that human rights violations perpetrated by members of the armed forces be brought to trial before ...
Similarly , the inter - American bodies also considered that regimes con- travened the declaration and the convention when they insisted that human rights violations perpetrated by members of the armed forces be brought to trial before ...
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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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