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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... regional cus- toms union , whereas Latin American leaders were mostly interested in an agreement that would have ... regional level . It is against this background that the OAS was founded in 1948 , becoming the world's first ...
... regional cus- toms union , whereas Latin American leaders were mostly interested in an agreement that would have ... regional level . It is against this background that the OAS was founded in 1948 , becoming the world's first ...
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... regional institutions would follow the orders of their leaders and take up the responsibility of turning the energies and resources of the OAS and IDB into instruments of summit compliance . The actual story , however , is much more ...
... regional institutions would follow the orders of their leaders and take up the responsibility of turning the energies and resources of the OAS and IDB into instruments of summit compliance . The actual story , however , is much more ...
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... regional develop- ments as minor adjuncts of global phenomena , whereas its regional partners see them as important and unique . This structural asymmetry produces di- vergent priorities , hampers leadership , and leads to suboptimal ...
... regional develop- ments as minor adjuncts of global phenomena , whereas its regional partners see them as important and unique . This structural asymmetry produces di- vergent priorities , hampers leadership , and leads to suboptimal ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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