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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... 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 ...
... 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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... problem as one of design flaws within the Democratic Charter itself . Experience since 2001 has revealed that there are holes in the Democratic Charter text and the broader collec- tive - defense - of - democracy regime that create problems ...
... problem as one of design flaws within the Democratic Charter itself . Experience since 2001 has revealed that there are holes in the Democratic Charter text and the broader collec- tive - defense - of - democracy regime that create problems ...
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... problem of governance . First , demands for improvements raise the simple questions of why NAFTA is seemingly so ... problem— the problem of decisionmaking delegation in trade agreements . This chapter is not about the institutions that ...
... problem of governance . First , demands for improvements raise the simple questions of why NAFTA is seemingly so ... problem— the problem of decisionmaking delegation in trade agreements . This chapter is not about the institutions that ...
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