The Inter-American Dilemma: The Search for Inter-American Cooperation at the Centennial of the Inter-American System

by L. Ronald Scheman

Overview

This timely volume critically examines the inter-American system—its problems and its potential. Focusing on the Organization of American States (OAS), the author assesses the system's realities, describes its successes and failures, and discusses the lessons it holds for the entire global system of international organization. The author argues that federalism and decentralization are vital to the structure of our global networks and that the inter-American system is one of the important models to make it work. Although the OAS has for years been the cornerstone of the inter-American system, the author demonstrates how this agency has become, on the operational level, unmanageable and unresponsive to the real interest of the member nations. On the political level, Scheman describes how the distinct and largely incompatible interests of the Caribbean and South American nations will lead to a different kind of hemispheric system in the coming century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275926564
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/26/1988
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

L. RONALD SCHEMAN is former Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Studies of the Americas and has also served as Assistant Secretary for Management of the Organization of American Studies.

Table of Contents

An Overview: Paralysis at the End of the Inter-American System's First Century
The OAS and the Quest for Inter-American Cooperaation: Vision or Mirage
Peace and Security
Human Resource Development: A Major Role for Inter-American Cooperation
Administering International Cooperation: A Case Study of Institutional Reform in the Organization of American States
The OAS and the United Nations: Regionalism Reconsidered
The Inter-American System's Second Century
Bibliography