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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... Crisis prevention remains a glaring deficiency . Pro - democracy multilateral diplomacy failed to prevent the coup against Venezuelan president Chávez or the deepening crisis that eventually top- pled Haitian president Aristide ...
... Crisis prevention remains a glaring deficiency . Pro - democracy multilateral diplomacy failed to prevent the coup against Venezuelan president Chávez or the deepening crisis that eventually top- pled Haitian president Aristide ...
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... crisis had to involve a substantial bailout of the debtor nations . But the creditors and the IFIs took too long to edge toward this conclusion . Two countries that emerged relatively well from their respective crises were Chile and ...
... crisis had to involve a substantial bailout of the debtor nations . But the creditors and the IFIs took too long to edge toward this conclusion . Two countries that emerged relatively well from their respective crises were Chile and ...
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... crises in the 1990s that retarded recovery . A major bailout should have been undertaken to alleviate the impact of the debt crisis , and the shift to capital mobility was , if not wrong , at least premature . The insti- tutional ...
... crises in the 1990s that retarded recovery . A major bailout should have been undertaken to alleviate the impact of the debt crisis , and the shift to capital mobility was , if not wrong , at least premature . The insti- tutional ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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