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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... estimate with cur- rently available information . Negotiating about self - defense rights means impinging upon sover- eignty since the institutions limit how a state is legitimately able to defend itself . How much of a cost diminished ...
... estimate with cur- rently available information . Negotiating about self - defense rights means impinging upon sover- eignty since the institutions limit how a state is legitimately able to defend itself . How much of a cost diminished ...
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... estimates , congressional legislation in 2005 gave him direct access to more than $ 1 billion per month in oil revenues , much of it earmarked for foreign policy priorities ( Webb - Vidal 2005 ) . This effectively dwarfs US official ...
... estimates , congressional legislation in 2005 gave him direct access to more than $ 1 billion per month in oil revenues , much of it earmarked for foreign policy priorities ( Webb - Vidal 2005 ) . This effectively dwarfs US official ...
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... estimated that 95 percent of intra - Mercosur trade is duty - free . But as is the case in other sub- regional agreements in the Americas , the implementation of the CET proved to be challenging . A number of country- and sector ...
... estimated that 95 percent of intra - Mercosur trade is duty - free . But as is the case in other sub- regional agreements in the Americas , the implementation of the CET proved to be challenging . A number of country- and sector ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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action activities actors adopted agencies agenda Americas areas armed authority Bank Board building Canada Caribbean Central challenge civil society Commission commitments Committee Community concerns convention cooperation coordination Council countries court created crisis CSBMs defense delegation democracy Democratic Charter discussion domestic economic effective efforts established example existing forces foreign free trade FTAA funding global governments groups growth hemispheric human rights IACHR implementation important increase inequality influence initiatives institutions integration inter-American inter-American system interests issues lack Latin American leaders limited major mandates measures mechanism meeting ment military ministers ministries NAFTA negotiations norms organizations participation period political poverty preferences President problem promote reforms regarding regime regional relations remains reports representative respect response result role rules social specific strengthen structure subregional summit summitry tion trade agreements Treaty United World