International institutions

UN peace operations are increasingly asked to pursue stabilization mandates with lofty expectations of being able to stabilize conflict zones, achieve national reconciliation, and rebuild state legitimacy.

A state-of-the-art analysis of the contentious areas of EU law that have been put in the spotlight by populism.

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.

Critical research and theorizing on the Anti- or Alter-Globalization Movement has exploded over the last two decades.

What explains China's response to intervention at the UN Security Council?

How can the European Union create laws that are uniform in a multitude of languages?

Governing Europe is the first book to systematically link Michel Foucault's hypotheses on power and 'governmentality' with the study of European integration.

Investigating the unique EU-CARICOM legal relationship, this book exploresthe major theme of globalisation, which shapes inter-regional organisationsindividually and determines their relationship to one another.

The definitive applied theory textbook that helps you make sense of global issues through theoretical concepts.

This groundbreaking new textbook offers extensive coverage of EU External Action studies, from its major concepts to the key theories in the field.

Recent enlargement to the east made the European Union a more diverse social space and brought it into more direct contact with the social and cultural aftermath of communism.

This book offers a fresh approach to human rights by analyzing the role of institutional checks and balances, governmentalism and system's approach, intended for the prevention of human rights violations, the enforcement of human rights norms and rules, and important actors such as International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO), and domestic Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

This book explores the role of the modern Commonwealth in the international campaign against apartheid in South Africa.

It was an incredible destiny for a man who repeatedly announced that he was "e;without ambition.

This book makes an original contribution to Russia-EU literature by analyzing constructions and trans-formations of the Russian 'Self' in relation to the European "e;Other"e;.

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.

This book analyses the changing dynamics of sovereignty resulting from contemporary international state-building interventions.

This book provides an in-depth empirical analysis and theoretical history of the institutional development of EU police cooperation, with a focus on the creation and integration of Europol.

This book explores the interplay between formal rules and real world differences, questioning to what extent size-related capacities between states matters for the dynamics and outcomes of negotiations taking place in the United Nations General Assembly, an institution that strongly reflects the one-state, one-vote principle.

This book considers the role of European Christian democratic parties in the making of the European Union.

One of the world's first truly international humanitarian organisations, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was championed as a beacon of postwar philanthropy that sought to rehabilitate as well as provide relief.

The UN Security Council is entrusted under the UN Charter with primary responsibility for the maintenance and restoration of the international peace; it is the only body with the power to authorise military intervention legally and impose international sanctions where it decides.

The book provides a succinct and much needed introduction to the Council of Europe from its foundation through the early conventions on human rights and culture to its expansion into the fields of social affairs, environment and education.

This book looks at East Asian actors in the League of Nations to explore a pivotal moment in the early stage of the development of global international relations.

Today more than ever, when the world is beset by environmental, social, healthcare and economic challenges, we need courage in our politics, both nationally and globally.

Introduction to Global Politics, Fourth Edition, is an accessible, comprehensive, and well-written introductory textbook which emphasizes the evolution of major global issues from the past to the present.

This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts to engage in strategic reasoning and action proper.

The book addresses the impact of the European Union (EU) on subnational mobilization in small unitary states.

This book explains why the European Union (EU) Member States - in response to the euro crisis - agreed to establish banking union, despite previous objections, and why they chose its hybrid institutional design.

A highly readable look at the role of the US and NATO in Libya''s war of liberation, and its lessons for future military interventions.

This book provides an insightful analysis and holistic account of the process of the formation of de facto states in the post-Soviet area.

International Law: Aspects of Regionalism evaluates regionalism in its various relationships and forms with respect to international law, as well as the importance and duties of international law in respect to the establishment and functioning of various forms of regional groups.

This book explores innovative and context-driven political and legal policy measures designed to expand the powers of the African Union (AU) in order to meaningfully drive the continental integration process.

This book contributes to our understanding of a neglected and poorly-understood concept within the development field: 'capacity development' in the context of human and organisational sustainable development.

This completely revised and rewritten handbook gives an overview of international organization (IO) as a dynamic field of research that adds to our understanding of global and regional relations and related domestic politics.

Why has Iceland not sought membership of the European Union?

Human rights, peacekeeping, and humanitarian intervention have emerged in the past decades as important components of international law and practice.

Presents a comprehensive account of how EU governments signal responsiveness to the interests of their citizens over European policies.

Organized around the major events that marked Hammarskjold's eight and a half years in office, this volume takes stock of Hammarskjold first as a person and then as an international functionary.

The need to balance power between the Member States and the Union and between public power and the market has created powerful constitutional dilemmas for the European Union.

Vaclav Klaus is President of the Czech Republic.

ASEAN's role as a security provider remains largely a matter of scholarly debate.

This is the first text to address all the instruments that will govern choice-of-court agreements in Europe and to engage in a practical discussion of their mutual relationship.

As it became increasingly apparent that Donald Trump might actually become the Republican party's 2016 presidential nominee, alarmed conservatives coalesced behind a simple, uncompromising slogan: Never Trump.

The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs.

"e;An engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history.