International institutions

This book explores how international drug control law should be interpreted within the context of international human rights law.

This collection of research papers explores the impact of the Arab uprisings on the politics and political economy of foreign aid provision in the MENA region.

With the dramatic changes in the extent to which women and men contribute to unpaid domestic work and paid employment, work and family life reconciliation has become more prominent than ever on the European Union agenda.

Mark Dawson analyses how non-binding ''new governance'' methods are transforming EU social law and policy.

Analyses European Union governance from the perspective of polycentric theory, aimed at improvements in achieving individual self-governance.

This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties.

An examination of the legal framework of the EU internal market.

This revised and expanded second edition of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to offer a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the organizations that protect and assist them.

It has become apparent that a clear gap exists between European Union (EU) level policymaking and Member State implementation.

This book explores the nature and problems of global governance as we enter the next millennium.

This book examines just what the European Union is, in the context of the ongoing structural transformation of the global system.

Migration is now regarded as a security issue, both in public debate and government policies.

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

In this collection of essays, originally presented at the Academy of European Law in Florence, the changing landscape of the EU's legal acts is explored.

This book considers how the personal and the professional dimensions are related, and how they matter for aid work.

Broadening the Debate on EU-Africa Relations is designed to expand the scope of our understanding of the multi-layered relationship between the European Union and African political actors in order to shape both the academic and policy level discourse.

Turkey's relations with the European Union is one of the most enigmatic topics in the European Studies literature.

This book provides a critical analysis of the political and conflict impacts of "e;good governance"e; public finance reforms, showing how unintended distributional outcomes can undermine broader state building goals.

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.

This inquiry describes, analyses and proposes reforms to competition law in fifteen European countries.

The past two decades have seen a significant proliferation of trade and investment treaties around the world.

Contemporary terrorism is a global phenomenon requiring a globalized response.

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

A user-friendly, comprehensive, and modern account of international law combining political science and law for students at multiple levels.

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.

Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.

This book examines a largely unexplored dimension of the European agencies, namely their role in EU external relations and on the international plane.

Through the study of five ethno-political conflicts lying on or just beyond Europe's borders, this book analyzes the impact and effectiveness of EU foreign policy on conflict resolution.

This book weaves together perspectives drawn from critical international relations, anthropology and social theory in order to understand the Polish and Baltic post-Cold War politics of becoming European.

The League of Nations occupies a fascinating yet paradoxical place in human history.

Comprehensive and forward-looking analysis of civil liability for terrorism-related risk under international, EU and selected national tort laws.

This book provides an analytical contribution to the contested issues marking Turkish membership to the European Union.

This book investigates how humanitarians balance the laws and principles of civilian protection with the realities of contemporary warzones, where non-state armed actors assert cultural, political and religious traditions that are often at odds with official frameworks.

Long overlooked, transport is emerging as an important policy area for the European Union and is a growing source of political tension.

The geopolitics of oil and gas have made a spectacular return to the international political agenda.

The Greek Economy, first published in 1986, presents a detailed survey of the development of the Greek economy in the twentieth century.

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Details how democratic developing countries used labor repression to overcome labor union opposition to free trade.

Since 1992, the European Union has put liberalisation at the core of its energy policy agenda.

This textbook, the first comprehensive comparative study ever undertaken, surveys and compares the world's ten largest diplomatic services: those of Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

European Union Governance and Policy Making introduces Canadian students to the politics of the EU.

A study, from Hobbes to the UN, of attempts to ground authority on the capacity to guarantee protection.

What impact has EU membership had on party politics in Central and Eastern Europe?

This book delivers an interpretive framework for making sense of today's geopolitical landscape and casts new light on the impact ideology and technology have had on American foreign policy and contemporary security practices.

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy.

International organizations do not always live up to the expectations and mandates of their member countries.

This book examines the roles played by China and Europe in the domain of international security in the 21st century.

This book highlights how temporary international civil servants play a crucial role in initiating processes of legal and institutional change in the United Nations system.

The legitimacy of international and regional organizations and their actions is frequently asserted and challenged by states and commentators alike.