International institutions

The first book to jointly analyse withdrawal of a member state from the EU (i.

Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, "e;The Earth Summit"e;, the Rio+20 conference in 2012 brought life back to sustainable development by putting it at the centre of a new global development partnership, one in which sustainable development is the basis for eradicating poverty, upholding human development and transforming economies.

In light of new global challenges for international cooperation and coordination, such as the revival of protectionism, surge of populism, or energy-related issues, this volume highlights possible scenarios for the future of Global Economic Governance (GEG).

The unprecedented arrival of more than a million refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants - plus the political, public, and policy reactions to it - is redefining Europe.

Wir stehen am Scheideweg unserer künftigen wirtschaftlichen, politischen und internationalen Ordnung.

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs).

The activities of pro-Israel pressure groups and lobbyists in the US are well-known.

A ground breaking study of how the interaction between the European Commission and the EU Courts has shaped EU competition law.

In November 1997 Hungarians voted in favor of membership in NATO, primarily as a step toward membership in the European Union and integration into Western society.

In August 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won a crushing victory over the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), thus bringing to an end over fifty years of one-party dominance.

A comprehensive look at the world of illicit trade Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies.

Contributing to our understanding of the impact of the 2015 migrant "e;crisis"e; on the future of EU integration, this book views the "e;crisis"e; as an accelerant to existing problems, namely Brexit, the growing popularity of anti-immigrant far right parties and the rise of xenophobic and antiliberal governments from the Baltics to the Balkans.

The rule of law is widely seen as the cornerstone of any effective polity and increasingly a vital component of the international political system.

A rigorous and empirically-based analysis of the legitimacy challenges facing investment arbitration and the potential for reforms to remedy critique.

The book considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation.

Why are constitutionalist ideals so prominent in science fiction?

The United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council spend significant amounts of time on their relationship with each other.

The European Union affects the lives of Europeans in many and varied ways, yet, in spite of its reach, it often appears a constrained political system struggling for internal consensus, reliant on the agreement of national governments, and hampered by the scepticism of electorates.

This book analyses the concept of the rule of law in the context of international law, through the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

The EU is one of the most notoriously complex international organisations.

This book combines academic wisdom and practitioners' insights to critically examine the challenges faced by civil service systems in the 21st Century.

This new volume develops a conceptual framework for considering and evaluating the roles played by the EU in international politics, drawing upon the literatures of role analysis, international relations and European integration.

Leading scholars analyse key dilemmas in the application of sanctions and inducements on states that violate international non-proliferation commitments.

This book provides a new understanding of the eurozone crisis across three of the worst hit cases: Greece, Portugal, and Ireland.

This book describes the emergence of research policy as a key competence of the European Union (EU).

This book shows how international organizations achieve their governance goals, despite limited resources, by ''orchestrating'' NGOs and other intermediaries.

This book examines both how and why nonviolent civil resistance campaigns fail, and the diverse category of campaigns that fall short.

This completely revised and updated textbook explores the moral, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the movement of people across international borders.

This book considers whether the potential of democracy following the end of the Cold War was diminished by technocratic, judicial control of politics in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.

This book uses organisational theory to explore how power and leadership operate in development organisations in different contexts and at different levels.

This book charts the course and causes of UN, G7 and G20 governance of climate change through the crucial period of 2015-2021.

This book explains why the EU is not a 'normative actor' in the Southern Mediterranean, and how and why EU democracy promotion fails.

Aquaculture is increasingly complementing global fisheries and is relevant to ocean and freshwater health, biodiversity and food security, as well as coastal management, tourism and natural heritage.

This book argues that the World Bank, far from being a unitary actor, is fundamentally plural, internally fragmented and dispersed, with cascading chains of delegation, authority and controls, and with considerable discretion delegated to the staff.

This Handbook compiles leading international research on the regulation of the sharing economy from a range of academic disciplines.

This study of the United Nations in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific evaluates the organization's role and performance in Cambodia and over refugees; regarding human rights, development, environment and the needs of women; within regional cooperation; and as an instrument of state policy.

This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms.

Can open society survive?

The project has become fundamental to international development and humanitarian practice, playing a key role in defining objectives, funding streams and ultimately determining what success looks like.

Rules controlling State aid and subsidies on the EU and the WTO level can have a decisive influence on both regulatory and distributive decision-making.

This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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

This is the first book to look at the process of European integration by drawing on both established and new trends in postmodern thinking and analysis.

The theories and case studies examined in this volume constitute a thorough study of foreign intervention in civil conflicts for the purpose of rendering humanitarian aid.

This new volume develops a conceptual framework for considering and evaluating the roles played by the EU in international politics, drawing upon the literatures of role analysis, international relations and European integration.

The share of global CO2 emissions from the core Northeast Asian (NEA) countries in 2015 was estimated to be as high as 33.

Across the world the Western dominated international aid system is being challenged.

The question if states should intervene in massive humanitarian emergencies without a legal right to do so, is still object of an important debate in the theory and practice of international relations.

Using historical process tracing, this book examines state interaction with religious elites, institutions, and attachments in Egypt, Greece, and Turkey.