International institutions

This Handbook will serve as a standard reference guide to the subject of human security, which has grown greatly in importance over the past twenty years.

Engaging China is one of the first books to look at the responses of major international powers to the recent economic growth of China.

Engaging China is one of the first books to look at the responses of major international powers to the recent economic growth of China.

Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research in non-profit management, development administration and business management.

Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research in non-profit management, development administration and business management.

This interdisciplinary book explores how terrorism is meant to target a government's legitimacy, and advocates for sounder defensive measures when countering international attacks.

This interdisciplinary book explores how terrorism is meant to target a government's legitimacy, and advocates for sounder defensive measures when countering international attacks.

This book is a welcome new edition, which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition, Politics and Society in the Third World.

This book is a welcome new edition, which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition, Politics and Society in the Third World.

International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration focuses on the roles of community, power and security, within the European Union.

International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration focuses on the roles of community, power and security, within the European Union.

The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights.

The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights.

On January 1 1995, Austria and Sweden joined the European Union (EU).

On January 1 1995, Austria and Sweden joined the European Union (EU).

The revolutionary progress achieved in information and communication technology is gradually transforming the world into a global village.

The revolutionary progress achieved in information and communication technology is gradually transforming the world into a global village.

The book presents a theoretically informed typology of modes of governance which is tested in a careful selection of comparative country and policy studies.

The book presents a theoretically informed typology of modes of governance which is tested in a careful selection of comparative country and policy studies.

Globalization and Governance is a completely up-to-date, impartial survey of a variety of perspectives on what constitutes governance and how globalization may impact governance and the state.

Globalization and Governance is a completely up-to-date, impartial survey of a variety of perspectives on what constitutes governance and how globalization may impact governance and the state.

This newly revised and updated second edition is the classic economic and political account of the origins of the European Community.

This newly revised and updated second edition is the classic economic and political account of the origins of the European Community.

The People's Republic of China is the world's most populous state and largest consumer of energy, having demonstrated momentous progress on an unprecedented scale.

The People's Republic of China is the world's most populous state and largest consumer of energy, having demonstrated momentous progress on an unprecedented scale.

The European Union is widely held to suffer from a democratic deficit, and this raises a wider question: can democracy at all be applied to decision-making bodies beyond the nation state?

The European Union is widely held to suffer from a democratic deficit, and this raises a wider question: can democracy at all be applied to decision-making bodies beyond the nation state?

The book investigates the beliefs about governance that determine that state structures are the most appropriate venue for international human rights actors and activists to operate.

The book investigates the beliefs about governance that determine that state structures are the most appropriate venue for international human rights actors and activists to operate.

The four Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway, have all held referenda on their relationship to the European Union in the 1990's.

The four Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway, have all held referenda on their relationship to the European Union in the 1990's.

This book is a challenging volume by distinguished, leading scholars of East Asian political economy; it provides a distinct alternative to simplistic accounts of the Asian crisis which generally swing between an emphasis on convergence imposed by global economic forces, and the resurrection of the special patterns of East Asian economic governance.

This book is a challenging volume by distinguished, leading scholars of East Asian political economy; it provides a distinct alternative to simplistic accounts of the Asian crisis which generally swing between an emphasis on convergence imposed by global economic forces, and the resurrection of the special patterns of East Asian economic governance.

In this important and path-breaking book, esteemed scholar and public intellectual Richard Falk explores how we can re-imagine the system of global governance to make it more ethical and humane.

In this important and path-breaking book, esteemed scholar and public intellectual Richard Falk explores how we can re-imagine the system of global governance to make it more ethical and humane.

First published in 1992.

First published in 1992.

Examining the powerful idea of the return, reconstitution and redeployment of the public domain in a post-Seattle and post-Washington consensus world order, this innovative book is the most forward-looking and comprehensive examination of the need to rethink the tenants of global free trade.

Examining the powerful idea of the return, reconstitution and redeployment of the public domain in a post-Seattle and post-Washington consensus world order, this innovative book is the most forward-looking and comprehensive examination of the need to rethink the tenants of global free trade.

This book studies specific regional issues and problems, exploring recent related political developments in Japan, and how these might impact on future foreign policy priorities and objectives.

This book studies specific regional issues and problems, exploring recent related political developments in Japan, and how these might impact on future foreign policy priorities and objectives.

This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia.

This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia.

Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions.

Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions.

This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) organisation and examines the challenges APEC now faces in the new century.

This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) organisation and examines the challenges APEC now faces in the new century.

Banking on Knowledge is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'Knowledge Bank'.

Banking on Knowledge is one of the first studies of how the World Bank is reinventing itself as the 'Knowledge Bank'.

This highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, balanced account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein.