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 institutions created in the 1940s and the 1950s had proven incapable of resolving the main problems and crises of the hemisphere that had occurred since the establishment of the OAS in 1948. The social and economic conditions in ...
The institutions created in the 1940s and the 1950s had proven incapable of resolving the main problems and crises of the hemisphere that had occurred since the establishment of the OAS in 1948. The social and economic conditions in ...
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Their deliberate creation outside of the OAS orbit was intended to give it broader reach to engage multiple enti- ties , including mandating periodic mini - summit meetings of ministers from different sectors to encourage senior ...
Their deliberate creation outside of the OAS orbit was intended to give it broader reach to engage multiple enti- ties , including mandating periodic mini - summit meetings of ministers from different sectors to encourage senior ...
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The Leadership Council for Inter - American Summitry , created by the North - South Center , represented another ... the OAS also became directly involved with the creation of its own networked arena organized under the guise of the ...
The Leadership Council for Inter - American Summitry , created by the North - South Center , represented another ... the OAS also became directly involved with the creation of its own networked arena organized under the guise of the ...
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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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