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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Article 1 formally established democracy as a human right that member states had an obligation to promote and defend . ... It finally became much clearer what exactly member states and the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy ( now the ...
Article 1 formally established democracy as a human right that member states had an obligation to promote and defend . ... It finally became much clearer what exactly member states and the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy ( now the ...
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... for governments to promote and defend it 1 Definitional criteria for representative democracy 3-4 Linkage between representative democracy and human rights 7-10 Linkage between representative democracy and combating poverty 11-16 ...
... for governments to promote and defend it 1 Definitional criteria for representative democracy 3-4 Linkage between representative democracy and human rights 7-10 Linkage between representative democracy and combating poverty 11-16 ...
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... suspicions for many that the United States would attempt to manipulate any democracy peer review mechanism with civil society participation as a weapon against its enemies , like Venezuela , not necessarily to promote democracy .
... suspicions for many that the United States would attempt to manipulate any democracy peer review mechanism with civil society participation as a weapon against its enemies , like Venezuela , not necessarily to promote democracy .
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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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