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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... major role in the El Salvador - Honduras border dispute in 1969 and again in 1976 , it did so because the United States unilaterally put up the funds to finance peacekeeping forces . When similar peacekeepers were needed in Haiti and ...
... major role in the El Salvador - Honduras border dispute in 1969 and again in 1976 , it did so because the United States unilaterally put up the funds to finance peacekeeping forces . When similar peacekeepers were needed in Haiti and ...
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... major problems affecting the hemisphere . The system has defined with greater specificity the scope of member states ' obligation to eradicate impunity , in particular in the context of transition processes . It has deepened the ...
... major problems affecting the hemisphere . The system has defined with greater specificity the scope of member states ' obligation to eradicate impunity , in particular in the context of transition processes . It has deepened the ...
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... major institutional upgrading required of the countries of the South . The trade - poverty reduction link , always weaker in Latin America than in those Asian countries specializing in labor - intensive exports , is proba- bly the more ...
... major institutional upgrading required of the countries of the South . The trade - poverty reduction link , always weaker in Latin America than in those Asian countries specializing in labor - intensive exports , is proba- bly the more ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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