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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... organizations with a capable bureaucracy and adequate funding . Democratic deficit . Be it on the national , global , or regional level , gover- nance needs legitimacy in order to be socially relevant . Compared with the pre - 1994 ...
... organizations with a capable bureaucracy and adequate funding . Democratic deficit . Be it on the national , global , or regional level , gover- nance needs legitimacy in order to be socially relevant . Compared with the pre - 1994 ...
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... organizations ( Rosenberg and Stein 1995 : vi ) . By the same token , even some of the more mainstream organizations were dismayed not only by their own internal division but also by their scant influence , which was underscored by the ...
... organizations ( Rosenberg and Stein 1995 : vi ) . By the same token , even some of the more mainstream organizations were dismayed not only by their own internal division but also by their scant influence , which was underscored by the ...
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... Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) , 181 , 192n8 Organizations : civil society , 8 ; hemis- pheric , 18 ; human rights , 167 ; international , 6 , 19 ; regional , 15 , 26 Organizations , civil society , 152 , 238 ; and ...
... Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) , 181 , 192n8 Organizations : civil society , 8 ; hemis- pheric , 18 ; human rights , 167 ; international , 6 , 19 ; regional , 15 , 26 Organizations , civil society , 152 , 238 ; and ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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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