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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... 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 vividly reflected in the policies of Mexico and Brazil . In the ...
... 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 vividly reflected in the policies of Mexico and Brazil . In the ...
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... considered to erode democracy . The criterion of free , fair , and transparent elections remained one of the few areas where a con- sensus existed on a benchmark for representative democracy ; what hap- pened in between elections ...
... considered to erode democracy . The criterion of free , fair , and transparent elections remained one of the few areas where a con- sensus existed on a benchmark for representative democracy ; what hap- pened in between elections ...
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... 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 military rather than civil tribunals . The ...
... 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 military rather than civil tribunals . The ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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action activities actors adopted agencies agenda Americas areas armed authority Bank Board building Canada Caribbean Central challenge civil society Commission commitments Committee Community concerns convention cooperation coordination Council countries court created crisis CSBMs defense delegation democracy Democratic Charter discussion domestic economic effective efforts established example existing forces foreign free trade FTAA funding global governments groups growth hemispheric human rights IACHR implementation important increase inequality influence initiatives institutions integration inter-American inter-American system interests issues lack Latin American leaders limited major mandates measures mechanism meeting ment military ministers ministries NAFTA negotiations norms organizations participation period political poverty preferences President problem promote reforms regarding regime regional relations remains reports representative respect response result role rules social specific strengthen structure subregional summit summitry tion trade agreements Treaty United World