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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Some experts have also pointed to the cultural divide between North America and the rest of the region ( Harrison 1997 ) and to the persistence of “ contrarian ideas ” against hemispherism ( Corrales ...
Some experts have also pointed to the cultural divide between North America and the rest of the region ( Harrison 1997 ) and to the persistence of “ contrarian ideas ” against hemispherism ( Corrales ...
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For civil society , however , Quebec was deeply disheartening - even many of the “ insiders ” were critical of the weak endorsements of labor rights and environmental protection , together with lip service paid to the rest of the social ...
For civil society , however , Quebec was deeply disheartening - even many of the “ insiders ” were critical of the weak endorsements of labor rights and environmental protection , together with lip service paid to the rest of the social ...
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... inequality over the last several decades in Latin America , and from the perspective of what is beneficial and what is not about the existing economic and political interfaces between the rich countries of the region and the rest .
... inequality over the last several decades in Latin America , and from the perspective of what is beneficial and what is not about the existing economic and political interfaces between the rich countries of the region and the rest .
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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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