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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A major factor had to do with the US interventions in Guatemala in 1954 and in the Dominican Republic in 1965. They reminded Latin Americans that US unilateral ... Other factors linked to the international context were also at work .
A major factor had to do with the US interventions in Guatemala in 1954 and in the Dominican Republic in 1965. They reminded Latin Americans that US unilateral ... Other factors linked to the international context were also at work .
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Although these three paradigms identify different causal factors , they all emphasize predominantly rationalist causal processes . All three view actors as behaving purposively , calculating how to further their interests given material ...
Although these three paradigms identify different causal factors , they all emphasize predominantly rationalist causal processes . All three view actors as behaving purposively , calculating how to further their interests given material ...
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There are , of course , several factors explaining the shift that occurred in 1994 after more than twenty - five years of relative paralysis in interAmerican cooperation . Some factors were external to the region and had to do with the ...
There are , of course , several factors explaining the shift that occurred in 1994 after more than twenty - five years of relative paralysis in interAmerican cooperation . Some factors were external to the region and had to do with the ...
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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 |
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