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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... performance of the system was far from optimal . Arguments were put forward to support the thesis that the OAS was still an appropriate political forum for the hemi- sphere ( Vaky 1981 ) and that it had been relatively successful at ...
... performance of the system was far from optimal . Arguments were put forward to support the thesis that the OAS was still an appropriate political forum for the hemi- sphere ( Vaky 1981 ) and that it had been relatively successful at ...
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... performance of the Inter - American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter - American Court of Human Rights up to 1994 and the impact of summitry afterward . Duhaime underlines , however , that the impact of summitry on this process ...
... performance of the Inter - American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter - American Court of Human Rights up to 1994 and the impact of summitry afterward . Duhaime underlines , however , that the impact of summitry on this process ...
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... performance easier to monitor . Better moni- toring and evaluation would help to add the element of accountability that has been lacking . Accountability - getting agencies to serve agreed - upon goals - would be further enhanced if ...
... performance easier to monitor . Better moni- toring and evaluation would help to add the element of accountability that has been lacking . Accountability - getting agencies to serve agreed - upon goals - would be further enhanced if ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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