Inter-American Cooperation at a Crossroads

by Shaw, Timothy M.; Mace, Gordon; Cooper, Andrew F.

• ISBN13: 9780230243613
• ISBN10: 0230243614
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Fifteen years after the first Summit of the Americas, the world and the Americas have changed enormously. Competing strategies for economic development and political representation have shattered the hemispheric consensus of the 1990s. This book analyzes these developments and points towards a future for inter-American co-operation.

Author Biography

Gordon Mace is Professor at the Department of Political Science and School of Advanced International Studies at Laval University, Canada. Andrew F. Cooper is Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada. Timothy M. Shaw is Professor and Director at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. ix
Foreword: Imagining without Building the Sub-Regions of the Americas	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xx
Notes on Contributors	p. xxii
List of Abbreviations	p. xxviii
Introduction	p. 1
A Changing Landscape
Hemispheric Relations: Budding Contests in the Dawn of a New Era	p. 23
The Obama Administration and Latin America: Towards a New Partnership?	p. 43
The Caribbean in a Turbulent World	p. 60
Responding to Challenges
Economic Integration in the Americas: An Unfinished Agenda	p. 81
Building on Sub-Regional Economic Integration Projects to Forge an Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas	p. 95
Demise of the Inter-American Democracy Promotion Regime?	p. 111
A More Secure Hemisphere?	p. 131
Poverty Reduction and the Role of Regional Institutions	p. 153
The Effectiveness of Other Institutions
The Successes, Failures and Future of Mercosur	p. 171
Ruling the North American Market: NAFTA and its Extensions	p. 187
New Forms of Integration: ALBA Institutions and Mechanisms	p. 204
Reconstructing a Regional System for the Americas
Middle Powers and Hemispheric Diplomacy: Towards an A10	p. 225
What Role for the Private Sector in Inter-American Multilateralism?	p. 242
Conclusion: The Fragile Legitimacy of Inter-American Institutions	p. 261
Index	p. 275
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