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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... Inter - American Development Bank ( Dell 1972 ) and the Inter - American Com- mission on Human Rights , both created in 1959 , and the Inter - American Court of Human Rights , established in 1969 by the American Convention on Human ...
... Inter - American Development Bank ( Dell 1972 ) and the Inter - American Com- mission on Human Rights , both created in 1959 , and the Inter - American Court of Human Rights , established in 1969 by the American Convention on Human ...
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... inter- American system are examined through four issue areas : the overall gover- nance of the inter - American system ; the security institutions of the Ameri- cas ; democracy , human rights , and civil society ; and trade and economic ...
... inter- American system are examined through four issue areas : the overall gover- nance of the inter - American system ; the security institutions of the Ameri- cas ; democracy , human rights , and civil society ; and trade and economic ...
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... inter - American institutions charged with alleviating poverty and inequality cannot be judged favorably . Despite ... system . He asserts that power asymme- try is the defining feature of the inter - American system , generating both US ...
... inter - American institutions charged with alleviating poverty and inequality cannot be judged favorably . Despite ... system . He asserts that power asymme- try is the defining feature of the inter - American system , generating both US ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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