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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 27
Page 60
... lead- ers to the summits . And foreign ministries take the lead in the follow - up processes of summitry . An internal 2001 OAS report noted this overlap of institutional authority : " The present agenda of the OAS is derived from the ...
... lead- ers to the summits . And foreign ministries take the lead in the follow - up processes of summitry . An internal 2001 OAS report noted this overlap of institutional authority : " The present agenda of the OAS is derived from the ...
Page 154
... lead- ing to transnational network formation . Strategies of cooperation and collaboration ; working the media and behind - the - scenes lobbying activities . Policy - oriented research , policy papers addressed to influential political ...
... lead- ing to transnational network formation . Strategies of cooperation and collaboration ; working the media and behind - the - scenes lobbying activities . Policy - oriented research , policy papers addressed to influential political ...
Page 245
... lead- ing to inevitable breakdowns . What accounts for this pattern ? Institutionalist theory suggests some likely explanatory factors . But none appears to fully explain the pattern , leaving this an attractive area for research . Two ...
... lead- ing to inevitable breakdowns . What accounts for this pattern ? Institutionalist theory suggests some likely explanatory factors . But none appears to fully explain the pattern , leaving this an attractive area for research . Two ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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