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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... rapidly to the United States , Secretary of State Colin Powell was able to secure rapid closure of debate and agreement on the charter , in what seemed at the time like a pro- pitious show of hemispheric solidarity and consensus.5 On ...
... rapidly to the United States , Secretary of State Colin Powell was able to secure rapid closure of debate and agreement on the charter , in what seemed at the time like a pro- pitious show of hemispheric solidarity and consensus.5 On ...
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... rapid emergence of a fourth core member - the Rede Brasileira pela Integração dos Povos ( REBRIP ) , which recently succeeded RMALC as the ASC's coordinating secretariat.12 The Santiago summit in 1998 represented a further critical ...
... rapid emergence of a fourth core member - the Rede Brasileira pela Integração dos Povos ( REBRIP ) , which recently succeeded RMALC as the ASC's coordinating secretariat.12 The Santiago summit in 1998 represented a further critical ...
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... rapid and far - reaching changes in national politics and policies . Capitaliz- ing on their previous successes in forging transborder networks and coali- tions , “ insiders " could be expected to continue to deploy " boomerang " and ...
... rapid and far - reaching changes in national politics and policies . Capitaliz- ing on their previous successes in forging transborder networks and coali- tions , “ insiders " could be expected to continue to deploy " boomerang " and ...
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