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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... domestic POS Repression , exclusion , and closed " technocratic " decisionmaking structures Little domestic mobilization No norm change ; elite projects prevail over weak civil societies Summit agenda " Global public goods " -human ...
... domestic POS Repression , exclusion , and closed " technocratic " decisionmaking structures Little domestic mobilization No norm change ; elite projects prevail over weak civil societies Summit agenda " Global public goods " -human ...
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... domestic opening , ranging from a growing resistance by Latin American public opinion to the US war in Iraq to a widely shared perception by both elites and masses regarding the failure of Washington consensus policies to reverse worsen ...
... domestic opening , ranging from a growing resistance by Latin American public opinion to the US war in Iraq to a widely shared perception by both elites and masses regarding the failure of Washington consensus policies to reverse worsen ...
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... domestic reforms and laying the groundwork for remarkable progress on security issues ( see Chapters 5 and 6 in this volume ) . Domestic politics may also bear on the questions of misperception and cycling . Domestic politics are rarely ...
... domestic reforms and laying the groundwork for remarkable progress on security issues ( see Chapters 5 and 6 in this volume ) . Domestic politics may also bear on the questions of misperception and cycling . Domestic politics are rarely ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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