2 The Inter-American System: An Overview

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. PART 1 The Inter-American System
6. 2 The Inter-American System: An Overview 11
7. 3 Inter-American Governance: A Sisyphean Endeavor? 35
8. 4 Problems of Coordination: The OAS and the 51
9. PART 2 Security Arrangements
10. 5 Building Consensus on Security: Toward a New Framework 69
11. 6 Confidence- and Security-Building Measures: Relevance and Efficiency 97
12. PART 3 Democratic Governance
13. 7 The Inter-American Democratic Charter: Rhetoric or Reality? 111
14. 8 Protecting Human Rights: Recent Achievements and Challenges 131
15. 9 Insiders, Outsiders, and the Politics of Civil Society 151
16. PART 4 Trade and Economic Development
17. 10 Trade Institutions: An Intricate Web of Arrangements 173
18. 11 NAFTA: An Unsustainable Institutional Design 195
19. 12 Attacking Poverty: The Institutional Base 213
20. PART 5 Conclusion
21. 13 Institutions in the Americas: Theoretical Reflections 235
22. 14 Assessing Hemispheric Institution Building 255
23. Acronyms 267
24. Bibliography 271
25. The Contributors 297
26. Index 301
27. About the Book 317