International institutions

In the wake of the financial crisis, new regulatory measures were introduced which, along with changes in monetary and macroeconomic policy, have transformed the global financial structure.

This book focuses on the way in which public debate and legal practice intersect when it comes to the value of free speech and the need to regulate "e;offensive"e;, "e;blasphemous"e; or "e;hate"e; speech, especially, though not exclusively where such speech is thought to be offensive to members of ethnic and religious minorities.

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics is a major new contribution to the study of contemporary European and Greek politics.

Economic Sanctions are increasingly used as a legal, non-military technique of combating abusers of international peace.

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.

Identifies the major weaknesses in the current United Nations system and proposes fundamental reforms to address each.

This interdisciplinary book explores human rights in the Americas from multiple perspectives and fields.

This concise updated collection of essential EU primary and secondary law effectively guides students to the material they need during exams.

The focus of this book is to analyse from a number of perspectives the politics of change in Ireland north and south since 1969.

Over a relatively short period of time, Beijing moved from dismissing the UN to embracing it.

This book examines the prospects and challenges of a global phase-out of highly enriched uranium-and the risks of this material otherwise being used by terrorists to make atom bombs.

From 1963 until 1971, a group of distinguished Canadians wrestled with the language conflict that ran the risk of tearing the country apart.

Previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics, this volume analyzes various dimensions of the internationalized state-building process in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1995.

The third edition of European Business is published at a time of turbulence in Europe.

The main objectives of this book are to analyse the risks and dangers NATO faces in the current strategic environment and to discuss how the alliance can readjust to those challenges.

Shemlan, a small, once unknown village in the hills overlooking Beirut, became notorious throughout the Middle East when Bertram Thomas chose it as the location for the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies (MECAS) in 1947.

This book examines the impact of economic globalization and international institutions on the development of national environmental policies.

No analysis of migration in Europe today can avoid consideration of the role of the EU institutions, as well as the member states, in policy-making.

Europe Undivided analyzes how an enlarging EU has facilitated a convergence toward liberal democracy among credible future members of the EU in Central and Eastern Europe.

Enacting the Security Community illuminates the central role of discourse in the making of security communities through a case study of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

This book analyses the translation policies and practices of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), engaging in critical questions around the ways in which translation can redress power dynamics between INGOs and the people they work with, and the role of activist researchers in contributing to these debates.

The Brussels I Regulation has undergone a lengthy review process, resulting in Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast).

Despite the large number of regional and global summits there is very little known about the functioning and impact of this particular type of diplomatic practice.

This book brings together a set of distinguished academics and activists to analyze, critique, and debate the global politics of poverty and justice and the contemporary nature of globalization.

The development of European unification has reached a critical stage.

First published in 1999, this volume contributed to the debate on the European Union in furthering the study of environmental policy and, expressly, by introducing promising young scholars to the debate.

This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers.

Europe is currently caught in a malfunction triangle between national politics, European policies, and global markets.

Contesting Global Order traces dominant values and patterns on a world level over the last half century.

This book focuses on one of the two G20 tracks, the finance track.

The book assesses the EU performance in the broader UN setting after the Lisbon Treaty.

Despite the long-held and jealously guarded ASEAN principle of non-intervention, this book argues that states in Southeast Asia have begun to display an increasing readiness to think about sovereignty in terms not only of state responsibility to their own populations but also towards neighbouring countries as well.

This book offers an accessible, coherent and comprehensive analysis of the recent, contemporary and future challenges and possibilities facing Denmark in the European integration process.

Why is the United Nations not more effective on global environmental challenges?

This book examines how the EU can be a more proactive actor in the promotion of the principles of sustainability and fairness from a legal environmental perspective.

In this book, influential development practitioners reflect on their careers by writing letters of advice to their younger selves.

The creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in 1995 was seen, at the time, as a forward-thinking foreign policy which would strengthen ties between Europe and the Mediterranean Arab states.

This book analyzes the development of the European Parliament's (EP) committees and their relationship with national political parties in the light of the EP's increased legislative role over the last three decades.

This volume shows how investment arbitration may be reformed to achieve both increased investment flows and improved access to justice.

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.

The shift from response to recovery is now noticeable as the world moves past the paralyzing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book describes and critically addresses the innovations and shifts made in the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) adopted by the European Parliament and Council in 2018.

British post-imperial decline has been much examined.

This Element presents an overarching analysis of Chinese visions and practices of soft power.

AIDS has a unique political history.

Carolin Anthes investigates how and why the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) struggles with systematically integrating a right to food approach in its operations.

The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit states and places where persons are deprived of their liberty.

This book focuses on a review of how sixty years of case-law and regulatory activity transformed the European continent and the world.

This volume examines the role of League of Nations committees, particularly the Advisory Committee of Jurists (ACJ) in shaping the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ).