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 24
Page 56
... ministries tended to see the summit process as being directed by the offices of the leaders or by ministries of foreign affairs . These agencies are , to varying degrees , bureaucratic rivals of finance ministries and may also be ...
... ministries tended to see the summit process as being directed by the offices of the leaders or by ministries of foreign affairs . These agencies are , to varying degrees , bureaucratic rivals of finance ministries and may also be ...
Page 65
... ministries , is more likely to question the authoritativeness of summit man- dates crafted by ministries that are , in more than one respect , foreign . As the summit process got under way in 1994 , the IDB was fully loaded with ...
... ministries , is more likely to question the authoritativeness of summit man- dates crafted by ministries that are , in more than one respect , foreign . As the summit process got under way in 1994 , the IDB was fully loaded with ...
Page 92
... ministries . This kind of integration of effort is highly desirable in a number of security areas , par- ticularly those involving transnational criminal activities . More opportunity for interagency coordination at the grass roots ...
... ministries . This kind of integration of effort is highly desirable in a number of security areas , par- ticularly those involving transnational criminal activities . More opportunity for interagency coordination at the grass roots ...
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