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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The problem is that about one - half of the summits ' mandates are given to regional bodies , whereas the other half must be acted upon by national governments . In the first case , it was only in June 2001 that regional institutions ...
The problem is that about one - half of the summits ' mandates are given to regional bodies , whereas the other half must be acted upon by national governments . In the first case , it was only in June 2001 that regional institutions ...
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It is also tempting to see the overarching problem as one of design flaws within the Democratic Charter itself . ... text and the broader collec- tive - defense - of - democracy regime that create problems for its implementa- tion .
It is also tempting to see the overarching problem as one of design flaws within the Democratic Charter itself . ... text and the broader collec- tive - defense - of - democracy regime that create problems for its implementa- tion .
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At the heart of the ongoing discussion on the relative merit of all these proposals , one fundamental problem arises , that is , the problem of governance . First , demands for improvements raise the simple questions of why NAFTA is ...
At the heart of the ongoing discussion on the relative merit of all these proposals , one fundamental problem arises , that is , the problem of governance . First , demands for improvements raise the simple questions of why NAFTA is ...
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Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral Institutions |
| Editors | Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 1588265331, 9781588265333 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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