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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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