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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... result has been institutional dysfunction leading to the inefficiency and erosion of NAFTA benefits , as this 1994 ... results in " Goldilocks " institutions , neither too strong nor too weak . Despite the immense heterogeneity of the ...
... result has been institutional dysfunction leading to the inefficiency and erosion of NAFTA benefits , as this 1994 ... results in " Goldilocks " institutions , neither too strong nor too weak . Despite the immense heterogeneity of the ...
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... Results so far have been limited , as shown by Richard Feinberg and Paul Haslam in Chapter 4 herein , because the ... result of delicate arbitration . Yet the OAS remains in a class of its own due to the particular weight of the ...
... Results so far have been limited , as shown by Richard Feinberg and Paul Haslam in Chapter 4 herein , because the ... result of delicate arbitration . Yet the OAS remains in a class of its own due to the particular weight of the ...
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... result of the Miami agreement to pursue an FTAA . If most of the IDB preferred to keep summit mandates at arm's length out of deference to other sources of authority , these officials had another reason to downplay summit mandates : the ...
... result of the Miami agreement to pursue an FTAA . If most of the IDB preferred to keep summit mandates at arm's length out of deference to other sources of authority , these officials had another reason to downplay summit mandates : the ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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