International institutions

Based on critical theory and ethnographic research, this book explores how intensifying geographies of extractive capitalism shape human lives and transformative politics in marginal areas of the global economy.

This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current research on private security and military companies, comprising essays by leading scholars from around the world.

International Organizations (IOs) were designed to provide global public goods, among which security for all, trade for the richest, and development for the poorest.

In January 1942, the Declaration by United Nations forged a military alliance based on human rights principles that included over 24 countries, marking the beginning of the UN.

This book examines Western foreign policy towards the Middle East, and the extent to which the promotion of democracy has been in conflict with, or supported by, other goals (geo-strategic, economic, and cultural) in the policies of the major actors towards the Middle East.

This book analyses the decisions of nations to develop indigenous space programs in order to become a leading world power.

Explores how public opinion affects policy-making in education and the conditions that make party and interest groups politics matter more.

European Union Governance and Policy-Making introduces the politics of the European Union (EU) to a student audience.

This collection examines implications of technological automation to global prosperity and peace.

International and Local Actors in Disaster Response uses the Beirut explosion in August 2020 to explore disaster prevention and response in developing states.

The extraordinary story of the UN - its creation, the threats it has faced, and the possibilities it holds for the future.

Through analyses of cases in Australia, Finland, Greenland and elsewhere, the book illuminates how states appropriate hope as a means to stall and circumscribe political processes of recognising the rights of indigenous peoples.

As the Kadi-hype following the 2008 European Court of Justice judgment demonstrated, there are many problems associated with the judicial review of acts of international organizations.

Explains how actors control access to international resources, creating a stratified international system of political equals and unequals.

An overview of the latest developments in intermediated securities, via analysis of the Geneva Securities Convention and future EU legislation.

This book studies inter-organisational relations from a new angle: power.

This publication examines the social impact of an unprecedented crisis.

The Emotions of Internationalism follows a number of international people and institutions active in the Alps in the 1920s and 1930s, exploring how they understood emotions and how they tried to employ them to achieve their political and non-political goals.

This volume demonstrates the application of the constructivist approach to the analysis of foreign policy (i.

This volume offers an original and theoretically grounded conceptualization and measurement of international parliamentary institutions and their role in ensuring the accountability of regional international organizations.

The supranational law of the European Union represents a uniquely powerful, far-reaching, and controversial instance of the growth of international legal governance, one that has forever altered the political and legal landscape of its Member States.

One of the key mission objectives of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) was to disarm and repatriate foreign combatants in the eastern region of the country.

This book expands on the existing literature on the international dimension of democratization by introducing the concept of democracy projection.

The events of September 11 2001 have altered the course of arms control intended to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and has made the role of international organizations controversial.

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

The law of the EU has an increasing effect on domestic criminal law and poses a growing number of questions to practitioners and their clients.

Human Rights between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings.

This book explores the causes and implications of the Libyan crisis since the anti-Gaddafi uprisings of 2011 from the perspective of the EU and NATO.

Offers the first book-length comparative study of resilience, examining this increasingly influential topic as it is experienced across different countries and policy sectors.

Flexibility is emerging as a key dynamic of European integration.

This volume offers a collective assessment of the development and impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Initiative on its eastern neighbours - Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova in particular, with Russia's added perspective.

This book explains the dynamics and nature of Iraqi Kurdistan's de facto statehood since its inception in 1991, in particular the vicissitudes de facto independence since then.

The large-scale movements of refugees and economic migrants from conflict zones to more stable societies have resulted in challenges, both for new entrants and their hosts.

Dangerous Diplomacy reassesses the role of the UN Secretariat during the Rwandan genocide.

Can the euro area survive without a more centralized economic policy?

This book explores the involvement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the issue area of environmental and disaster displacement.

Why have the European Union and the Russian Federation encountered severe difficulties in developing their relationship?

Despite nearly sixty years of European integration, neither nations nor national loyalties have withered away.

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

Why do human beings fight one another?

Governing though the technology of the list is transforming international law, global security and the power of international organisations.

The book provides a critical analysis of EU law-making policy on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime, using a minimalist restorative approach to justice focused on the rights of victims and communities, and more proactive roles for all participants in confiscation procedures.

Debates on EU foreign policy have been dominated by two opposing schools of argument.

This new book covers the origins purposes, trends and controversies of the United Nations' global conferences.

The annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Russia's support for military insurgency in eastern Ukraine undermined two decades of cooperation between Russia and the EU leaving both sides in a situation of reciprocal economic sanctions and political alienation.

This book addresses a gap in both contemporary theorising and empirical analysis of the European Union's (EU) law and policy frameworks on migration, sex work and anti trafficking.

This book examines the institutions that are producing consumer law at the international level, the substantive issues enshrined in these laws, and the enforcement mechanisms meant to ensure effective protection.

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease that gripped Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone through much of 2014 and 2015 was undoubtedly a health emergency, yet it was also a global political event.

This book analyses nearly 100 original interviews with Members of the European Parliament from across the European Union who were active between 1979 and 2019.