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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Yet neither the governments of the Western Hemisphere nor scholars have focused sufficient attention on the implications of this new source of authority for the already existing inter - American system . The existing evidence on the ...
Yet neither the governments of the Western Hemisphere nor scholars have focused sufficient attention on the implications of this new source of authority for the already existing inter - American system . The existing evidence on the ...
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... Competing mandates : the extent to which summit mandates are integrated or not with existing institutional mandates and alternative sources of authority ; • Institutional missions : the health of the existing institutional mission ...
... Competing mandates : the extent to which summit mandates are integrated or not with existing institutional mandates and alternative sources of authority ; • Institutional missions : the health of the existing institutional mission ...
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... and to reconcile the growing number of mandates and tasks with the current financial limitations ” ( OAS , Annual Report 1999–2000 : xv ) . A very high proportion of the existing budget is consumed by tenured personnel and existing ...
... and to reconcile the growing number of mandates and tasks with the current financial limitations ” ( OAS , Annual Report 1999–2000 : xv ) . A very high proportion of the existing budget is consumed by tenured personnel and existing ...
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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 |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / American Government / General |
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