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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... groups , USAID asked EGF to organ- ize an FTAA consultation process . The EGF - led working group brought together a diverse group of some two dozen organizations , including some of the " outsider " groups ( for example , the National ...
... groups , USAID asked EGF to organ- ize an FTAA consultation process . The EGF - led working group brought together a diverse group of some two dozen organizations , including some of the " outsider " groups ( for example , the National ...
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... groups from throughout the hemisphere had much greater participation in Belo Horizonte than in Miami three years earlier . Highly critical of neoliberalism , social exclusion , and corporate - led global- ization , these groups ...
... groups from throughout the hemisphere had much greater participation in Belo Horizonte than in Miami three years earlier . Highly critical of neoliberalism , social exclusion , and corporate - led global- ization , these groups ...
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... groups have influence in particular areas . Before the 1990s , the IAS largely ignored civil society ( see Chapter 3 in this volume ) . The SOA process marked a turning point . It came as the spread of democracy enabled CSO formation ...
... groups have influence in particular areas . Before the 1990s , the IAS largely ignored civil society ( see Chapter 3 in this volume ) . The SOA process marked a turning point . It came as the spread of democracy enabled CSO formation ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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