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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... remains a dramatic and encouraging departure from past practice . Nonetheless , it is still unclear to what extent civil society organiza- tions have played a role in democratizing and legitimizing inter - American institutions . The ...
... remains a dramatic and encouraging departure from past practice . Nonetheless , it is still unclear to what extent civil society organiza- tions have played a role in democratizing and legitimizing inter - American institutions . The ...
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... remains timid . In sum , the institutional design put in place in 1994 in order to renew hemispheric regionalism runs the risk of becoming completely irrelevant because of a serious lack of resources . What Viron Vaky wrote in the pre ...
... remains timid . In sum , the institutional design put in place in 1994 in order to renew hemispheric regionalism runs the risk of becoming completely irrelevant because of a serious lack of resources . What Viron Vaky wrote in the pre ...
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... remains a reality , and , at least until 2000 , the frequency of occurrence of militarized interstate disputes had not diminished relative to previous years . Terrorism remains the area that is most problematic for inter - American ...
... remains a reality , and , at least until 2000 , the frequency of occurrence of militarized interstate disputes had not diminished relative to previous years . Terrorism remains the area that is most problematic for inter - American ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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