The OAS and the Summit of the Americas: Coexistence, or integration of forces for multilateralism?

Authors
Citation
Rl. Rosenberg, The OAS and the Summit of the Americas: Coexistence, or integration of forces for multilateralism?, LAT AM POLI, 43(1), 2001, pp. 79-101
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
ISSN journal
1531426X → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
79 - 101
Database
ISI
SICI code
1531-426X(200121)43:1<79:TOATSO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Fifty years after the creation of the OAS. political power is not centraliz ed in that organization but variously diffused throughout tile interamerica n system. Meanwhile, the Summit of the Americas process has slowly acquired its own institutionality outside the OAS, and is sometimes perceived as ch allenging the primacy of the ideal of the OAS as the principal institution of interamerican relations. Even with its own weaknesses, the Summit of the Americas has become the most important force for reform of the OAS. As the hemisphere prepares for the third full summit in Quebec, this essay assess es the relationship of these two institutions and their future prospects.