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.