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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As a conclave of the highest authorities of the Americas , the summit meetings instantly generated new excitement about regional cooperation . Their deliberate creation outside of the OAS orbit was intended to give it broader reach to ...
As a conclave of the highest authorities of the Americas , the summit meetings instantly generated new excitement about regional cooperation . Their deliberate creation outside of the OAS orbit was intended to give it broader reach to ...
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OAS offi- cials interviewed for this study demonstrated awareness of the details of summit plans of action and allocated their own time and energies toward advancing specific summit initiatives . It was believed that senior manage- ment ...
OAS offi- cials interviewed for this study demonstrated awareness of the details of summit plans of action and allocated their own time and energies toward advancing specific summit initiatives . It was believed that senior manage- ment ...
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The OAS offered to host and , increas- ingly , to staff SIRG , an intergovernmental roundtable convened quarterly with the purpose of monitoring summit follow - up and preparing future summit agendas . Initially governments sent foreign ...
The OAS offered to host and , increas- ingly , to staff SIRG , an intergovernmental roundtable convened quarterly with the purpose of monitoring summit follow - up and preparing future summit agendas . Initially governments sent foreign ...
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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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