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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... global and regional political and economic agendas Insider Networks / Movements Relative success in mobilizing grassroots sectors and construct- ing new " alternative identities , " but only indirect and long - term influence in shaping ...
... global and regional political and economic agendas Insider Networks / Movements Relative success in mobilizing grassroots sectors and construct- ing new " alternative identities , " but only indirect and long - term influence in shaping ...
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... Global Public Goods , and Distributive Conflict Closed domestic POS Closed International POS Repression , exclusion , and closed " technocratic " decisionmaking structures Little domestic mobilization www Little transnational activism ...
... Global Public Goods , and Distributive Conflict Closed domestic POS Closed International POS Repression , exclusion , and closed " technocratic " decisionmaking structures Little domestic mobilization www Little transnational activism ...
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... global activities far more than smaller states in its region . As a result , it often views regional develop- ments as minor adjuncts of global phenomena , whereas its regional partners see them as important and unique . This structural ...
... global activities far more than smaller states in its region . As a result , it often views regional develop- ments as minor adjuncts of global phenomena , whereas its regional partners see them as important and unique . This structural ...
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