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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... issues , including health , women's rights , and agriculture . The mandates of the com- bined entities cover the entire gamut of cross - border issues that concern nations , except for trade , which is currently on the agenda with the ...
... issues , including health , women's rights , and agriculture . The mandates of the com- bined entities cover the entire gamut of cross - border issues that concern nations , except for trade , which is currently on the agenda with the ...
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... issues among the nations than those presently addressed by the OAS or IDB . An FTAA secretariat will overshadow and in some areas conflict with the OAS on issues of trade and economic development because it will have tangible substantive ...
... issues among the nations than those presently addressed by the OAS or IDB . An FTAA secretariat will overshadow and in some areas conflict with the OAS on issues of trade and economic development because it will have tangible substantive ...
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... issues , though , to its credit , it has frequently delegated personnel to OAS civilian agencies to work on their issues , thereby addressing one of the agencies ' major budget - induced constraints . Under the new statute , the Board ...
... issues , though , to its credit , it has frequently delegated personnel to OAS civilian agencies to work on their issues , thereby addressing one of the agencies ' major budget - induced constraints . Under the new statute , the Board ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
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actors adopted agencies American countries Americas Andean areas Argentina bilateral Brazil Canada Caribbean Central American challenge Chile civil society Commission Committee on Hemispheric consensus convention coordination court created crisis CSBMs Declaration delegation democracy Development Bank disputes domestic ECLAC foreign framework Free Trade Agreement FTAA Gaviria global groups hemi hemispheric regionalism Hemispheric Security Hugo Chávez human rights IACHR IACourt implementation inequality institutional design inter-American cooperation Inter-American Defense Board Inter-American Democratic Charter Inter-American Development Bank inter-American governance inter-American institutions inter-American system Latin American Mar del Plata ment Mercosur Mexico military ministers ministries multilateral NAFTA negotiations networks norms OAS's organizations participation percent plans of action political poverty President problem promote reforms regime regional institutions relations response Rio Group role rules of origin Santiago Secretariat sector security agenda social strategy strengthen structure subregional summit mandates summit process summitry tariff threats tion transnational Treaty United Washington consensus