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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... direct technical assistance , the OAS experimented with a new initiative when it created the Inter - American Agency for Cooperation and Development ( IACD ) in 1999. The agency was an attempt to breathe new life into stagnating ...
... direct technical assistance , the OAS experimented with a new initiative when it created the Inter - American Agency for Cooperation and Development ( IACD ) in 1999. The agency was an attempt to breathe new life into stagnating ...
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... direct communication , but they resist any effort by outside institutions that do not have technical credentials to impose unnecessary procedures . The world of modern communications has accelerated the trend to decentralized ...
... direct communication , but they resist any effort by outside institutions that do not have technical credentials to impose unnecessary procedures . The world of modern communications has accelerated the trend to decentralized ...
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... direct result of the ambiguities of the consensus that is supposed to underpin inter - American cooperation . This ambiguous consensus can be explained by two patterns of behav- ior , one associated with the United States and the other ...
... direct result of the ambiguities of the consensus that is supposed to underpin inter - American cooperation . This ambiguous consensus can be explained by two patterns of behav- ior , one associated with the United States and the other ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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