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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... norms and more established sovereignty norms . 14 In short , collective actions in support of democracy , which are in effect forms of intervention , run up against existing regional sovereignty norms of territorial inviolability ...
... norms and more established sovereignty norms . 14 In short , collective actions in support of democracy , which are in effect forms of intervention , run up against existing regional sovereignty norms of territorial inviolability ...
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... norm entrepreneurs " : NSAs that call attention to issues , " frame " them for maximum political impact , persuade states and IGOS to adopt and implement appropriate norms , and monitor and enforce those norms . Although these three ...
... norm entrepreneurs " : NSAs that call attention to issues , " frame " them for maximum political impact , persuade states and IGOS to adopt and implement appropriate norms , and monitor and enforce those norms . Although these three ...
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... norms . However , all three sets of norms appear to have shallow roots in much of the hemisphere . The norm of nonintervention has been a major element in all the uneasy " grand compromises " of hemispheric cooperation . However , nonin ...
... norms . However , all three sets of norms appear to have shallow roots in much of the hemisphere . The norm of nonintervention has been a major element in all the uneasy " grand compromises " of hemispheric cooperation . However , nonin ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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