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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... promote and defend . By fram- ing democracy as a human right , the charter also potentially linked coun- tries ... Promotion of Democracy ( now the Department for the Promotion of Democracy ) were defending and promoting . For the first ...
... promote and defend . By fram- ing democracy as a human right , the charter also potentially linked coun- tries ... Promotion of Democracy ( now the Department for the Promotion of Democracy ) were defending and promoting . For the first ...
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... promote and defend it 1 Definitional criteria for representative democracy 3-4 Linkage between representative ... promotion 26-27 Linkage between representative democracy and gender equality 28 Carried over from the Democracy Clause of ...
... promote and defend it 1 Definitional criteria for representative democracy 3-4 Linkage between representative ... promotion 26-27 Linkage between representative democracy and gender equality 28 Carried over from the Democracy Clause of ...
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... promote democracy . In the eyes of Latin American officials , such a mechanism could provide controversial organi- zations , such as Maria Corina Machado's group Súmate , with a forum for discrediting their governments . Accordingly ...
... promote democracy . In the eyes of Latin American officials , such a mechanism could provide controversial organi- zations , such as Maria Corina Machado's group Súmate , with a forum for discrediting their governments . Accordingly ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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