International institutions

Though industrialized countries are usually the ones indicted when environmental pollution is discussed, over the few last years the rate of emissions in developing countries has increased by a startling amount.

Over the last two decades, the process of European integration has become interwoven with the theme of citizenship and the debate on the democratic quality of the EU and of its institutions has become more salient.

This bold and ambitious handbook is the first systematic overview of the history of development ideas, themes, and actors in the twentieth century.

This book explores the relationship between the development of UN peacekeeping and the protection of civilians under international law.

In crisis management operations, strategic errors can cost lives.

Health is a matter of fundamental importance in European societies, both as a human right in itself, and as a factor in a productive workforce and therefore a healthy economy.

This edited volume examines the multifaceted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on peoples and states in East Asia.

European states and international organizations have established multiple policies and mechanisms to deal with various risks, crises and disasters.

This book offers a critical appraisal of the international legal idea of the 'Responsibility to Protect'.

With World War II still raging, nations came together to create a new international monetary order, the Bretton Woods system.

Airpower remains the cornerstone of NATO's military advantage, so maintaining the ability to win air superiority over peer opponents in a conflict is key to long-term deterrence stability in both Europe and the Pacific.

One of the most frequent criticisms levelled at the European Community is the discrepancy between federalist rhetoric and the intergovernmental response: between its ideological aspirations and contemporary political reality.

This is the first history of the French police and gendarmerie, for the period since the establishment of a democratic Republican regime in 1870 down to the present day.

European Defence Cooperation (1984) considers the varied elements of European defence cooperation and the obstacles to further development of a European pillar within NATO.

This book contributes to existing debates on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) by demonstrating new advocacy strategies and the greater interconnectedness of various R2P proponents.

Securing Europe takes a novel approach to Europeanization among EU member states by employing a sociological institutionalist approach.

International-Led Statebuilding and Local Resistance contributes theoretical and empirical insights to the existing knowledge on the scope, challenges and results of post-conflict international state- and institution-building project focusing on post-war Kosovo.

An in-depth examination of the evolving peace and security activities of the United Nations Secretary-General in the context of developments in international politics.

Increasing labour market flexibility is at the top of the European agenda.

"e;Conceptually and empirically, this is the most thoughtful analysis of the role of EU's peace missions I have read so far.

While US-centred bilateralism and ASEAN-led multilateralism have largely dominated the post-Cold War regional security architecture in the Indo-Pacific, increasing doubts about their effectiveness have resulted in countries turning to alternative forms of cooperation, such as minilateral arrangements.

Britain into Europe (1976) examines how the debate in Britain about EEC membership was conducted between 1961 and 1975.

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During the 1990s, as widespread perception spread of declining state sovereignty, activists and social movement organizations began to form transnational networks and coalitions to pressure both intergovernmental organizations and national governments on a variety of issues.

This book analyses the new and difficult roles of regional organizations in peacemaking after the end of the Cold War and how they relate to the United Nations (UN).

The space occupied by international law in shaping political action is subject to continuing debate and controversy.

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease that gripped Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone through much of 2014 and 2015 was undoubtedly a health emergency, yet it was also a global political event.

Widely read and appreciated in its first edition by students, academics and junior practitioners, this was the first book to offer an accessible introduction to the interface between competition law and intellectual property rights.

Providing a comprehensive overview of two centuries of international civil servants and international secretariats, this book reveals how international secretariats have emerged and evolved, focusing on both structures (international public administrations) and the practitioners (international civil servants).

This book investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries and led to the continent's trajectory of underdevelopment in the world system.

This book investigates the disparity between rhetoric and performance in the European Union response to abuses of human rights and transgression of democracy.

This book examines the importance of global nuclear order, emphasising the importance of perspective in our understanding of it, and its significance in international politics.

Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.

The book provides a novel analytical perspective on regional multilateralism in South Asia and its neighbouring regions and covers the genesis, evolution and status quo of the four major regional organizations.

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics provides a comprehensive look at the political life of one of Europe's most exciting and turbulent democracies.

This volume, Nuclear Disarmament, provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear disarmament and a critical assessment of the way forward.

Presents a challenge to international relations scholars to think globally, understanding the field''s development in the Global South alongside the traditionally dominant Western approach.

Ireland''s experience of Europe''s most spectacular financial bubble, bust and recovery is narrated and dissected by a central banking insider.

Volume III of The Official History of Britain and the European Community covers the divisions over Europe of the Labour Government (1975-79) and the controversies surrounding Britain's relations with her EEC partners under Margaret Thatcher.

This systematic assessment of the -often opaque- European Council looks at its characteristics, leaders and output as well as its impact on EU supranational and intergovernmental dynamics.

This book analyses how sustainability affects internal decision-making within the European Union and its external relations in working towards achieving its long-term goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.

Inter-marriage both reflects and brings social change.

This book examines the role of agencies and agency-like bodies in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ).

What do we study when we study International Relations (IR)?

Moving from a social movement perspective, this timely volume examines narratives on Euroscepticism and frames on Europe from below, at the party and social movement levels.

This book fills the normative gap arising from the absence of a multilateral mechanism for sovereign debt restructuring.

Studying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) through the lens of international relations (IR) theory, Chen argues that it is inappropriate to treat the AIIB as either a revisionist or a complementary institution.

This book investigates the ways in which the humanitarian system is secular and understands religious beliefs and practices when responding to disasters.

The Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992 and ratified in the following year, is widely seen as a landmark in the evolution of the European Union.