| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Gordon Mace, Paul Haslam, and Jean-Philippe Thérien -- pt. 1. The Inter-American system -- The Inter-American system : an overview / L. Ronald Scheman -- Inter-American governance : a Sisyphean endeavor? / Gordon Mace and Jean-Philippe Thérien -- Problems of coordination : the OAS and the IDB / Richard E. Feinberg with Paul Haslam -- pt. 2. Security arrangements -- Building consensus on security : toward a new framework / Margaret Daly Hayes -- Confidence- and security-building measures : relevance and efficiency / David R. Mares -- pt. 3. Democratic governance -- The Inter-American democratic charter : rhetoric or reality? / Thomas Legler -- Protecting human rights : recent achievements and challenges / Bernard Duhaime -- Insiders, outsiders, and the politics of civil society / William C. Smith and Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz -- pt. 4. Trade and economic development -- Trade institutions : an intricate web of arrangements / Maryse Robert -- NAFTA : an unsustainable institutional design / Louis Bélanger -- Attacking poverty : the institutional base / Albert Berry -- pt. 5. Conclusion -- Institutions in the Americas : theoretical reflections / Kenneth W. Abbott -- Assessing hemispheric institutional building / Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, and Paul Haslam |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-296) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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International agencies -- America
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Pan-Americanism.
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Inter-American conferences.
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LAW -- International.
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Inter-American conferences
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International agencies
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Pan-Americanism
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Internationale Organisation
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Panamerikanismus
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Internationale organisaties.
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Internationale samenwerking.
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89.72 international organizations.
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15.85 history of America.
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Mellanfolkligt samarbete -- regionalt.
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America
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Amerika
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Amerika.
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Latinamerika -- relationer -- Förenta staterna.
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Förenta staterna -- relationer -- Latinamerika.
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Latinamerika -- ekonomiska förhållanden.
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Latinamerika -- politik och förvaltning.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Mace, Gordon.
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Thérien, Jean-Philippe.
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Haslam, Paul Alexander.
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| ISBN |
9781588269737 |
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1588269736 |
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