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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... costs paid were high ( Borner , Bodmer , and Kobler 2004 ) . Para- doxically , CSBMs could be efficient and yet irrelevant if states paid low costs and used the CSBMS simply for rhetorical or domestic purposes . Transaction costs of ...
... costs paid were high ( Borner , Bodmer , and Kobler 2004 ) . Para- doxically , CSBMs could be efficient and yet irrelevant if states paid low costs and used the CSBMS simply for rhetorical or domestic purposes . Transaction costs of ...
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... costs of compliance , especially when the non - NAFTA tariffs - most - favored - nation ( MFN ) tariffs under the ... costs matter as much as contract - writing costs " ( 2001 : 32 ) ; delegation may appear a more attractive alternative ...
... costs of compliance , especially when the non - NAFTA tariffs - most - favored - nation ( MFN ) tariffs under the ... costs matter as much as contract - writing costs " ( 2001 : 32 ) ; delegation may appear a more attractive alternative ...
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... costs , and collective action prob- lems such as incentives to free - ride and to defect from cooperative agree- ments ) and on the ways institutions help overcome them ( e.g. , producing and disseminating unbiased information ...
... costs , and collective action prob- lems such as incentives to free - ride and to defect from cooperative agree- ments ) and on the ways institutions help overcome them ( e.g. , producing and disseminating unbiased information ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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