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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... cooperation deeply influences the nature and efficacy of that cooperation . Since the 1970s , the nations of the Americas have had a difficult time defining the purpose of the institutions they have designed to promote inter- American ...
... cooperation deeply influences the nature and efficacy of that cooperation . Since the 1970s , the nations of the Americas have had a difficult time defining the purpose of the institutions they have designed to promote inter- American ...
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... cooperation . A second effect of summitry was to give unprecedented visibility to the inter - American system . Up to 1994 , public interest concerning OAS affairs was essentially limited to the small policy community around the organi ...
... cooperation . A second effect of summitry was to give unprecedented visibility to the inter - American system . Up to 1994 , public interest concerning OAS affairs was essentially limited to the small policy community around the organi ...
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... cooperation and governance in the Americas , as institutionalist theory would predict . Common ( though not entirely harmonious ) interests are apparent in areas such as health ( the Pan- American Health Organization , or PAHO ) ; other ...
... cooperation and governance in the Americas , as institutionalist theory would predict . Common ( though not entirely harmonious ) interests are apparent in areas such as health ( the Pan- American Health Organization , or PAHO ) ; other ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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