International institutions

The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world.

This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

Marina Kolb traces the relationship between the EU and the Council of Europe in the field of human rights.

Is it desirable, or even necessary, to have distinct human rights for cultural identities?

This book makes the case for why cooperation is the key to security within and between states, and for dealing with complex threats and challenges to international peace and security.

This is the first book to investigate the significance of Brexit for sport, with a particular focus on the regulatory and legal challenges that it poses, and the economic and political stresses that are likely to follow in its wake.

This book examines the political origins of financial institutions across fifteen developed democracies, with focused case studies on the US, France, Japan, Austria, and Germany.

How can procedural objections be used to address the emerging phenomenon of forum shopping before international tribunals?

The book examines the dynamics between domestic and international statebuilding actors.

This second edition of Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation expands upon what has become a widely cited work on the recast EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings.

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.

International organizations (IOs) matter.

Laying the foundations of a theory of 'international social closure' this book examines how actors compete for a seat at the table in the management of international society and how that competition stratifies the international domain.

A comparative study contributing to international relations and international political economy theory, raising substantive issues relating to aid, development, international relations and globalization.

The proposed enlargement of the European Union to include countries from Central and Eastern Europe has become an important political issue.

This edited volume provides a fresh analysis for researcher and practitioners regarding United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, the status of its implementation, and its future by providing an original evaluation of progress in implementation and challenges faced during the resolution's first decade.

It is universally accepted that there has been a huge growth in EU lobbying over the past few decades.

Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential to impact each of our lives.

Science and technology have long been considered key for development, problem solving and education in low-income countries, and Sweden has been at the forefront of efforts in this area, as one of the first countries to formalize research aid.

How effective are democracy clauses of regional integration organizations (RIOs) in promoting democratization and democratic consolidation among member-states?

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

This book comprehensively presents the current practice and further development paths of public sector accounting, auditing and control systems in 7 South Eastern European countries based on the contributions of highly-respected researchers.

Unlike many other trade regimes, the European Union forbids the use of inter-state retaliation to enforce its obligations, and rules out the use of common 'escape' mechanisms such as anti-dumping between the EU member states.

This book focuses on the European Union as an important actor in international relations and international political economy.

Globalization and the development of multinational organizations have led to an increase in the number of people spending part of their lives living and working in foreign countries.

This book discusses the many legal aspects arising in relation to the maintenance of peace in Africa.

Examining the involvement of religious NGOs (RNGOs) at the UN, this book explores whether they polarize political debates at the UN or facilitate agreement on policy issues.

In the waning years of the Cold War, the United States and China began to cautiously engage in cultural, educational, and policy exchanges, which in turn strengthened new security and economic ties.

This book offers a concise and accessible overview and analysis of the place of large multinational and regional corporations in the political economy of global governance.

This book examines the global governance of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, interrogating the role of this international system and global discourse on HIV/AIDS interventions.

Analyzing changes in the role and place of NATO, European integration, and Franco-American relations in foreign policy discourse under Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, this book provides an original perspective on French foreign policy and its identity construction.

This book examines the concept of legitimacy as it may be used to explain the success, or failure, of key stability operations since the end of the Cold War.

The world is on the cusp of a global turn.

The human right to survive and develop, a fundamental premise of the U.

Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914.

In crisis management operations, strategic errors can cost lives.

Is it ever possible to separate humanitarian action from politics?

This landmark publication in the field of international law delivers expert assessment of new developments in the important work of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from a team of renowned editors and commentators.

A critical overview of European Union energy law and policy, this book takes a law-in-context approach as it examines the development of EU energy law from the 1950s to the present day.

This volume offers a timely and important study on how norms are transferred from the international into the domestic domain through processes of socialization.

The most significant development in global politics following the end of the bi-polar Cold War era has been the rise of a multi-polar state system.

This edited collection explores the legal foundations of the single market project in Europe,and examines the legal concepts and constructs which underpin its operation.

This book takes stock of learning theories in the European Union (EU) integration literature and assesses what insights the concept of 'learning' has added to our understanding of the European integration processes.

This book examines and systematises the theoretical dimensions of paradiplomacy - the role of subnational governments in international relations.

This successful textbook remains the only offering for students of European company law, and has been fully updated.

Sport governance has become an increasingly widespread subject for research and teaching in sports studies.

Rana Siu Inboden analyses China''s role in the international human rights regime from the early 1980s until 2017.

Minority rights is an important issue in all modern states, but for those countries hoping to join the European Union the protection of minorities is a key condition for success in the accession process.

The European Union uses a confidential, institutionalized Dialogue to raise human rights concerns with China, but little is publicly known about its set-up, its substance, its development over time and its impact.