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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... ment between the United States and the Caribbean Basin nations to supple- ment or supersede the Rio Treaty , which has been virtually moribund since the Falkland / Malvinas war in 1982 ( Scheman 1987 ) . It could also enable the United ...
... ment between the United States and the Caribbean Basin nations to supple- ment or supersede the Rio Treaty , which has been virtually moribund since the Falkland / Malvinas war in 1982 ( Scheman 1987 ) . It could also enable the United ...
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... ment and political movements would motivate “ insiders " to push for more rapid and far - reaching changes in national politics and policies . Capitaliz- ing on their previous successes in forging transborder networks and coali- tions ...
... ment and political movements would motivate “ insiders " to push for more rapid and far - reaching changes in national politics and policies . Capitaliz- ing on their previous successes in forging transborder networks and coali- tions ...
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... ment establishing one set of rules or bringing under the same umbrella all the free trade agreements in the Americas would contribute to eliminating the distortions created by the proliferation of trade agreements at the bilat- eral and ...
... ment establishing one set of rules or bringing under the same umbrella all the free trade agreements in the Americas would contribute to eliminating the distortions created by the proliferation of trade agreements at the bilat- eral and ...
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