Summits and regional governance : the Americas in comparative perspective / edited by Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Diana Tussie and Olivier Dabène.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mace, Gordon, editor.

Thérien, Jean-Philippe, editor.

Tussie, Diana, editor.

Dabène, Olivier, editor.

Series:

Global institutions series ; 111.

Global institutions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--America.

Regionalism.

Summit meetings--America.

Summit meetings.

Summit meetings--America--Case studies.

America--Foreign relations.

America.

International relations.

Pan-Americanism.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 250 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Despite the large number of regional and global summits there is very little known about the functioning and impact of this particular type of diplomatic practice. While recognizing that the growing importance of summits is a universal phenomenon, this volume takes advantage of the richness of the Americas experiment to offer a theoretically grounded comparative analysis of contemporary summitry. The book addresses questions such as: How effective have summits been? How have civil society and other non-state actors been involved in summits? How have summits impacted on the management of regional affairs? Filling a significant void in the literature, this volume offers an original contribution helping to understand how summitry has become a central feature of world politics. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of diplomacy, international organizations, and global/regional governance. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : Summitry and governance in comparative perspective / Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Diana Tussie, and Olivier Dabène

Summitry, governance, and democracy / Jan Aart Scholte

Multilayered summitry and agenda interaction in South America / Olivier Dabène

The Summits of the Americas process : Unfulfilled expectations / Gordon Mace and Jean-Philippe Thérien

Presidential diplomacy in UNASUR : Coming together for crisis management or marking turfs? / Diana Tussie

Summitry in the Caribbean Community : A fundamental feature of regional governance / Jessica Byron

The impact of summitry on the governance of Mercosur / Marcelo de Almeida Medeiros, Rafael Mesquita de Souza Lima, and Maria Eduarda Ferreira Cabral

Presidential summitry in Central America : A predictable failure? / Kevin Parthenay

The anti-summitry of North American governance / Greg Anderson

ASEAN summits and regional governance in comparative perspective / Richard Stubbs

Assessing the role of G7/8/20 meetings in global governance : Processes, outcomes, and counterfactuals / Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol

BRICS and re-shaping the model of summitry : Subordinating the regional to the global / Andrew F. Cooper

The Summit of the Americas process and regional governance : A reflection / Marc Lortie

Some thoughts on summit proliferation and regional governance / Carlos Portales

Conclusion : Summitry and governance : an assessment / Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Diana Tussie, and Olivier Dabène.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138831940

1138831948

OCLC:

922639559