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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 89
Page 38
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 52
... 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 ...
Page 82
... Regional diplomats and officers also lament the US Defense Department's " tin ear " and lack of knowledge of the region when promoting US interests while not taking into account regional inter- ests or listening to regional opinions ...
... Regional diplomats and officers also lament the US Defense Department's " tin ear " and lack of knowledge of the region when promoting US interests while not taking into account regional inter- ests or listening to regional opinions ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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