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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In this new executive structure of the inter - American system , the summits periodically ( approximately every four years ) define the upcoming agenda for hemispheric regionalism , the ministerials adapt and build the agenda for each ...
In this new executive structure of the inter - American system , the summits periodically ( approximately every four years ) define the upcoming agenda for hemispheric regionalism , the ministerials adapt and build the agenda for each ...
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The renaissance that took place in the mid - 1990s demonstrated the remarkable resilience of hemispheric institutions and their ability to over- come moments of crisis as well as long periods of stagnation . It also held out significant ...
The renaissance that took place in the mid - 1990s demonstrated the remarkable resilience of hemispheric institutions and their ability to over- come moments of crisis as well as long periods of stagnation . It also held out significant ...
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from the dynamics of hemispheric integration . A more fundamental way of dealing with this problem would be to design a free trade area project involving measures that take into account the enormous economic dispari- ties between the ...
from the dynamics of hemispheric integration . A more fundamental way of dealing with this problem would be to design a free trade area project involving measures that take into account the enormous economic dispari- ties between 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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