Encyclopedia of the Inter-American System

Encyclopedia of the Inter-American System

by G. Pope Atkins
ISBN-10:
0313286000
ISBN-13:
9780313286001
Pub. Date:
03/18/1997
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0313286000
ISBN-13:
9780313286001
Pub. Date:
03/18/1997
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Encyclopedia of the Inter-American System

Encyclopedia of the Inter-American System

by G. Pope Atkins

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Overview

A reference guide to all the elements of the Inter-American System from its formal beginning in 1889 to the present, as it developed into a major, multipurpose regional inter-governmental organization (IGO). The most notable elements in the current Inter-American System are the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) Regime. Today, all 35 sovereign American states are members of the OAS. This book makes clear reference to the system's interrelationships with other IGOs and states outside the Western Hemisphere.

Unique in its scope and approach to the subject, this work is intended to provide the reader with access to information on general as well as specific subjects. It is compiled with an interdisciplinary approach, and addressed to a variety of readers from students and scholars to professionals and government officials. With some 250 entries, cross-referenced and thoroughly indexed, this encyclopedia refers to membership and observers in the various organizational elements; policy orientations of the state members; treaties, conventions, protocols, declarations, and resolutions concluded over the years; concepts and doctrines underlying American regional organization; multinational principles and policies in major categories of activity; and cases of conflict and other situations undertaken by the system, including places, events, issues, and individuals notable for their contributions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313286001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/18/1997
Pages: 592
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

G. POPE ATKINS is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, and Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Academy. He has published extensively on Latin American, international, and comparative politics.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Encyclopedia
Chronology
Appendix A: Charter of the Organization of American States
Appendix B: Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
Appendix C: Membership in the Inter-American System
Appendix D: Changing Structure of the Organization of American States
Appendix E: The Secretariat
Appendix F: Inter-American Development Bank
Appendix G: State Profiles
Bibliographic Essay
Index

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