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Book SynopsisConcentrate Q&A EU Law is part of the Concentrate Q&A series, the result of a collaboration involving hundreds of law students and lecturers from universities across the UK. The series offers you better support and a greater chance to succeed on your law course than any of the competitors.''A sure-fire way to get a 1st class result'' (Naomi M, Coventry University)''My grades have dramatically improved since I started using the OUP Q&A guides'' (Glen Sylvester, Bournemouth University)''These first class answers will transform you into a first class student'' (Ali Mohamed, University of Hertfordshire)''I can''t think of better revision support for my study'' (Quynh Anh Thi Le, University of Warwick)''I would strongly recommend Q&A guides. They have vastly improved my structuring of exam answers and helped me identify key components of a high quality answer'' (Hayden Roach, Bournemouth University)''100% would recommend. Makes you feel like you will pass with flying colours'' (Elysia Marie

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Book SynopsisTrade Policy in Multilevel Government investigates how multilevel polities organize openness in a globalizing political and economic environment. In recent years, the multilevel politics of trade caught a broader public''s attention, not least due to the Wallonian regional parliament''s initial rejection of the EU-Canada trade deal in 2016. In all multilevel polities, competencies held by states and regions have increasingly become the subject of international rule-setting. This is particularly so in the field of trade which has progressively targeted so-called ''behind the border'' regulatory barriers. In their reaction to this ''deep trade'' agenda, constituent units in different multilevel polities have shown widely varying degrees of openness to liberalizing their markets. Why is that? This book argues that domestic institutions and procedures of intergovernmental relations are the decisive factor. Countering a widely-held belief among practitioners and analysts of trade policy that involving subcentral actors complicates trade negotiations, it demonstrates that the more voice a multilevel polity affords its constituent units in trade policy-making, the less the latter have an incentive to eventually exit from emerging trade deals. While in shared rule systems constituent unit governments are directly represented along the entirety of the policy cycle, in self-rule systems territorial representation is achieved merely indirectly. Shared rule systems are hence more effective than self-rule systems in organizing openness to trade. The book tests its theory''s explanatory power on the understudied case of international procurement liberalization in extensive studies of three systems of multilevel government: Canada, the European Union, and the United States.Table of Contents1: Introduction: The Rise of Multilevel Trade Governance 2: More Voice, Less Exit: The Dynamics of Multilevel Trade Governance 3: Resisting Openness: Subcentral Governments and Procurement Liberalization 4: United States: The Limits of Self-Rule 5: Canada: Less Centralization, More Integration 6: European Union: A Market-Making Polity 7: Conclusion: Multilevel Trade Governance - Effective and Undemocratic?

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Book SynopsisRespected as the definitive textbook on the subject, this is the stand-alone guide to EU law. The world-renowned authors offer the ideal balance of commentary, key cases, and materials to provide the most authoritative coverage and analysis. This UK version also includes sections showing how principles apply or don't apply to the UK post-Brexit.Table of Contents1: The development of European integration 2: EU Membership: tensions and challenges 3: The institutions 4: Competence 5: Instruments and the hierarchy of norms 6: Legislation and decision-making 7: Decision-making and new forms of governance 8: The nature and effect of EU law: direct effect and beyond 9: The application of EU law: remedies in national courts 10: The relationship between EU law and national law: supremacy 11: EU international relations law 12: Human rights in the EU 13: Enforcement action against Member States 14: Preliminary rulings 15: Review of legality: access 16: Review of legality: grounds of review 17: Damages actions and money claims 18: The single market 19: Free movement of goods: duties, charges, and taxes 20: Free movement of goods: quantitative restrictions 21: Free movement of capital and economic and monetary union 22: Free movement of workers 23: Freedom of establishment and to provide services 24: Citizenship of the European Union 25: Equal treatment and non-discrimination 26: AFSJ: EU criminal law 27: Competition law: Article 101 28: Competition law: Article 102 29: Competition law: mergers 30: The state and the common market

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Book SynopsisHow can international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) and their implementing partners be held accountable if their actions and policies violate fundamental human rights? This book provides a new conceptual framework to study pluralist accountability, whereby third parties hold IOs and their implementing partners accountable for human rights violations. Based on a rich study of UN-mandated operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, the EU Troika''s austerity policy, and Global Public-Private Health Partnerships in India, this book analyzes how competition and human rights vulnerability shape the evolution of pluralist accountability in response to diverse human rights violations, such as human trafficking, the violation of the rights of detainees, economic rights, and the right to consent in clinical trials. While highlighting the importance of alternative accountability mechanisms for legitimacy of IOs, this book also argues that pluralist accountability should not be regarded as a panacea for IOs'' legitimacy problems, as it is often less legalized and might cause multiple accountability disorder.Trade ReviewHow can international organizations (IOs) be made to respect human rights? IOs are the bedrock of global human rights, but sometimes even protectors violate. In this wonderful study, Hirschmann argues that external third parties such as courts, NGOs, regional organizations are often more effective in holding IOs to account than states or IOs themselves, a development she coins pluralist accountability. Case studies of peace operations from Afghanistan to Kosovo, the EU Troika's economic adjustment policies, and WHO-led vaccination and vaccine development reveal the conditions under which pluralist accountability can hold an IO's feet to the fire. Essential reading for anyone concerned about global governance. * Liesbet Hooghe, W.R. Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Robert Schuman Fellow, European University Institute *When international organizations cause suffering who pays the costs? This book looks directly at this crucial question through legal, political, and normative lenses.Hirschmann deftly weaves a conceptual framework for IO accountability out of striking catalog of global governance failures. Everyone who hopes that international institutions will smooth a path to a more sustainable future needs to contend with her analysis of how to proceed when IOs make things worse instead of better. This is a crucial book for scholars, practitioners, and activists of global governance. * Ian Hurd, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University *Anyone seeking accountability in global governance often confronts a paradox: those with the greatest leverage to hold international organizations to account may have the least interest in doing so. In this impressive new book, Gisela Hirschmann develops the concept of 'pluralist accountability', analysing the complex and sometimes messy way in which diverse actors try — and sometimes succeed — in holding international actors to their own human rights standards. * Simon Chesterman, Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and Editor of The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties *Table of Contents1: Introduction: Human Rights Accountability in Complex Global Governance 2: Pluralist Accountability: A Theoretical Framework 3: 'We Cannot Rule Out That Torture Is Going On': Accountability Regarding the Rights of Detainees in Afghanistan 4: Human Trafficking and the Violation of the Rights of Detainees: The Accountability of International Peacekeepers in Bosnia 5: Bringing Peace, but Violating Human Rights: The Evolution and Limits of Pluralist Accountability in Kosovo 6: Pluralist Accountability in Times of Economic Crisis: The Troika Austerity Measures and Their Effect on Human Rights in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal 7: Pluralist Accountability in Global Health Governance: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Immunization and Vaccine Development 8: Conclusion: Pluralist Accountability and Legitimacy

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Book SynopsisNow in its fifth edition, Harris, O''Boyle, and Warbrick: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights remains an indispensable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, and practitioners alike. The new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions, providing an up-to-date, clear, and comprehensive account of Strasbourg case law and its underlying principles. It sets out and critically analyses each Convention article (including those addressed by relevant Protocols), and thoroughly examines the system of supervision. The book also addresses the pressures and challenges facing the Strasbourg system in the twenty-first century.Digital formatsThis fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksTrade ReviewReview from previous edition An excellent and really valuable book for the study of the law of the European Convention on Human Rights. * Elisenda Casanas Adam, Edinburgh Law School *This is the best book on the ECHR available. It is comprehensive, contains critique and covers all aspects of the ECHR I teach. * Merris Amos, Queen Mary, University of London *Table of ContentsPart I: The European Convention on Human Rights in Context 1: The European Convention on Human Rights in context Part II: Enforcement Machinery 2: Admissibility of applications 3: The European Court of Human Rights: Organization, practice, and procedure 4: The execution of the Court's judgments Part III: The Rights Guaranteed 5: Article 2: The right to life 6: Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 7: Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour 8: Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person 9: Article 6: The right to a fair trial 10: Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment 11: Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence 12: Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion 13: Article 10: Freedom of expression 14: Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association 15: Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family 16: Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy 17: Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and Protocol 12 (Non-discrimination in respect of 'any right set forth by law') 18: Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation 19: Articles 16-18: Other restrictions upon the rights 20: Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property 21: Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education 22: Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections 23: The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and critical textbook, Schütze''s European Union Law uses a distinctive three-part structure to examine the constitutional foundations, legal powers, and substantive law of the European Union. Written in a uniquely engaging style, and full of illuminating analyses, this book provides a thorough and modern guide to the study of the European law. Visual and pedagogical support is offered by the book''s numerous diagrams and tables that clarify key concepts and processes, and a practical appendix helps students to find and read primary and secondary legal sources. This third edition includes an updated dedicated chapter on the past, present, and future of Brexit.Digital formats and resourcesThe third edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.Table of ContentsPart I - Constitutional Foundations 1: Constitutional History: From Paris to Lisbon 2: Constitutional Nature: A Federation of States 3: Governmental Structure: Union Institutions I 4: Governmental Structure: Union Institutions II 5: European Law I: Nature Direct Effect 6: European Law II: Nature - Primacy/Pre-emption Part II - Governmental Powers 7: Legislative Powers: Competences and Procedures 8: External Powers: Competences and Procedures 9: Executive Powers: Competences and Procedures 10: Judicial Powers I: (Centralised) European Procedures 11: Judicial Powers II: (Decentralised) National Procedures 12: Limiting Powers: EU Fundamental Rights Part III - Substantive Law 13: Free Movement of Goods I: Negative Integration 14: Free Movement of Goods II: Positive Integration 15: Free Movement of Persons: Workers and beyond 16: Free Movement of Services and Capital 17: Competition Law: Private Undertakings 18: Internal Policies: An Overview 19: External Policies: An Overview Epilogue: Brexit and the Union: Past, Present, Future Appendix: How to Study European Union law

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Book SynopsisProviding wide-ranging coverage and clear explanations, European Union Law is a trusted guide to the subject with a no-fuss style. Written in its trademark concise prose, the text distils complex ideas without sacrificing academic integrity.Focusing on the key debates surrounding EU law, this book encourages students to critique and apply the law, and to take a contextual approach to the subject. Students are invited to consider the key concepts in the law and to think for themselves, with the help of self-test questions and numerous suggestions for further reading. Digital formats and resourcesThe eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access, along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.As the process of the UK leaving the EU unfolds, readers can also visit the OUP Brexit and EU Law online rTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: The constitutional base of the Union 3: The institutions of the Union 4: The European Courts: composition, functions, jurisdiction; preliminary rulings 5: The Union legal system 6: General principles of law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights 7: Doctrines of European Union law: direct effect, supremacy, state liability for breach of Union law and other remedies 8: Public enforcement of Union law (Articles 258-260 TFEU); review of legality and damages (Articles 263, 265, 268, 277 and 340(2) TFEU) 9: Free movement of goods (I): the abolition of customs duties and internal taxation 10: Free movement of goods (II): quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect 11: Free movement of services: the freedom to provide and receive services 12: Citizenship and free movement of persons: workers and establishment 13: Citizenship and free movement rights: beyond economic links 14: Competition law and policy 15: Environmental law and policy 16: Discrimination law: from sex discrimination in employment law to a general equality principle 17: EU relations with Third States and International Organisations

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Book SynopsisSecession is a live issue in today''s Western Europe. In the last decade, we have witnessed the consolidation of pro-independence movements in Scotland and Catalonia and in the near future, we might see their re-emergence or the rise of other pro-secession movements in other European regions. The response of the EU institutions to secession within EU Member States may well be based mainly on political considerations. However, since the EU is a community based on the rule of law, it has also to justify its position with normative arguments of principle. Secession and European Union Law provides such normative support, drawing on a pluralist reading of the relation between EU law and national law, to support the conclusion that EU law should respect domestic constitutional orders. This book studies secession within EU Member States through legal methodology: the theoretical-doctrinal analysis of concepts and institutions, considering the evolving reality and case law. The legal approach

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Book SynopsisPeople often refer to the 'United Nations' but without specifying which specific parts are responsible for success or failure. This book explores supportive the non-state actors that are essential players in developing global policies and norms, alongside the traditional categories of member states (first UN) and staff (second UN).Trade ReviewIn this impressive book, the authors Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss remind us that the UN system cannot survive without the input and ideas of an array of independent thinkers and players and actors, including research centers, human rights experts, economists, consultants, digital networks, and specialists of all sorts who daily help the UN carry out its Charter obligations. Indeed, in many ways, the unheralded 'Third UN' serves as one of the great strengths of the world's most indispensable security body. * Dr Stephen Schlesinger, Author of Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations *From scholars to think-tanks, NGOs to foundations, all of us working on global governance owe the authors a great debt of gratitude. Without their seminal work on the "Third UN", we simply would not have the language or evidence to demonstrate that civil society inclusion is not just 'nice to have' but essential to securing peace, sustainable development and human rights for all. * Natalie Samarasinghe, Global Director, Advocacy, Open Society Foundations *Carayannis and Weiss pithily anatomize the intellectual community that 'helps the UN think.' This is an excellent handbook for researchers wondering how to get the world organization to listen to their big ideas and a must-read for anyone who wants to get into the UN advocacy business. * Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group *The examples presented by the authors demonstrate how important the development of new ideas and their transmission into the ''first'' and ''second'' UN is for the reform processes of the United Nations. * Helmut Volger, German Review of the United Nations no1. 2022 *The book presents the most comprehensive overview to date of external actors contribution to the formulation of ideas for decision-making in the UNs policy processes... the authors have given UN scholars many opportunities to connect the book to scholarship on international organizations and non-state actors and advance research in this area in a more fruitful and systematic manner...Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss have written a fascinating book of immense value to every student and scholar researching the UN, that will also give UN experts and global policymakers fresh insights, thanks to the original data the authors were able to assemble because of their unique expertise. * Nina Reiners, Global Policy Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The 'Third' UN: Non-State Actors and the World Body's Thinking 2: NGOs: Sovereignty-Free Partners for UN Policy Development 3: Commissions and High-Level Panels: How Eminent Individuals Shape UN Thinking 4: The UN's Knowledge Economy: Think Tanks, Academics, and Knowledge Brokers 5: Alternative Voices: Challengers of the Normative Post-War Order 6: Fitter for Purpose? The UN's Normative Future

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that a conceptual and methodological shift is required in the way that border security is understood, and that a new approach is urgently required. It examines vernacular narratives of the 'crisis' and how they offer insight into citizens' knowledge of the 'crisis', and actually-existing alternatives to fantasies of control.Trade ReviewVernacular Border Security represents a major contribution to the burgeoning field of vernacular security studies and will be of immense interest to scholars looking for alternative conceptualizations to understand the contemporary politics of migration, borders, and security. * Peter Nyers, Perspectives on Politics *Vernacular Border Security is arguably the most conceptually and empirically ambitious contribution to the recent vernacular turn in critical security studies to date. It is not only an accomplished piece of research which should be of immense value to policymakers, but an agenda setting piece for critical border, security, and citizenship studies. * Ben Rosher, E-International Relations *Vaughan-Williams poses the important question, why has the recent frenzy of border fortification—especially but not only in the EU—intensified rather than reduced popular anxieties about borders and migrants? To answer it, Vaughan-Williams listens closely to the people churned by such anxieties. This essential, original, and extraordinarily well-researched contribution to border and migration studies arrives at conclusions that should stop both policy makers and critical theorists in their tracks. * Wendy Brown, Class of 1936 First Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Walled States, Waning Sovereignty *In foregrounding the vernacular, Nick Vaughan-Williams makes a powerful and highly significant interference in contemporary understandings of the politics of security, borders, and migration. Vernacular Border Security takes the extensive literature on the importance of language for securitization and desecuritization in a new direction by foregrounding conversations rather than speech acts, claims, or discourses. In doing so, Vaughan-Williams has given us a rich resource for critically engaging contemporary framings of security, borders, and migration through a democratic analytics that values the reflective and critical engagement of ordinary people in the politics of insecurity. * Jef Huysmans, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London *Vernacular Border Security is a must-read for all political geographers concerned with questions of borderings, wallings, and the contemporary political imaginations of migrations in Europe. Beautifully written and conceptually innovative, this book brilliantly connects the grand narratives of border security promoted by institutions at the most diverse scales with a set of vernacular perspectives on the experience of border security in specific European settings. The rich and original empirical material matched by the sophisticated theoretical analysis proposed here by Nick Vaughan-Williams makes this book a path-breaking intervention in the fields of border and migration studies. * Claudio Minca, Professor, Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna *Coming from cultural studies and gender studies, I found Nick Vaughan-Williams' vernacular approach to be an illustrative perspective on security. Besides deconstructing the 'migration crisis' narrative, Vaughan-Williams explains theories of populism and ontological (in)security in a reader-friendly manner. I particularly enjoyed the author's take on affect and processes of gendering and racializing the figure of 'the migrant'. Reading this eloquent and important book gave me tools to analyze critically the perpetual debate about migration, borders, and securitization. * Tuija Saresma, Senior Researcher, University of Jyväskylä *European governments adopted inhuman, unlawful, and ineffective border security measures in the name of citizens allegedly frightened by migrants. Yet the empirical evidence offered by Nick Vaughan-Williams suggests that anti-migrant narratives originated at the top rather than at the bottom of societal ladders, aggravating anxieties among European citizens. The book points to counter-narratives embracing cultures of hospitality, rebuffing fantasies of walls and wired borders. These findings are not likely to deter populist politicians, but they should offer food for thought to moderate ones and to mass-media gurus eager to talk on behalf of 'ordinary people' without engaging in genuine conversation with them. I strongly recommend this book to all concerned citizens. * Jan Zielonka, Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and the University of Venice, Ca Foscari *Table of Contents1: Towards a Vernacular Study of Border Security 2: Exceptional Times, Emergency Borders: (De)Constructing Europe's 'Migration Crisis' 3: Populist and 'Post-Truth' Border Politics: The Securitization of Public Opinion on Migration 4: Dangerous Aliens, Crisis Constellations, and Information Gaps: Vernacular Narratives of Migration 5: Border Anxieties: Vernacular Narratives of Ontological (In)Security 6: Desecuritizing Strangeness: Vernacular Counter-Narratives of Border Security Appendix 1: Moderators' Discussion Guide Appendix 2: List of Focus Groups

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Book SynopsisEU Criminal Law, Policing, and Civil Law offers comprehensive coverage and expert analysis of every facet of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law concerning policing, criminal law, and cross-border civil cooperation. Fully updated to include the latest legislation and case law, this volume includes discussion of Europol, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor, fair trials laws, the European Arrest Warrant, the European Investigation Order, transfer of prisoners, EU rules on double jeopardy, exchange of policing information, interception of telecoms, and cross-border cooperation on civil cases. It also fully explains the EU''s relationship with the UK in this field after Brexit, as well as the EU''s arrangements with other non-EU countries.Steve Peers'' seminal text, EU Justice and Home Affairs Law, appears in its fifth edition and is available in two separate volumes covering asylum and immigration law and criminal law, policing, and civil law. This edition is the definitive guide to these intricate, contentious, and fast-developing areas of EU law, and will be invaluable to scholars, practitioners, and students in the field.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Institutional Framework 3: Criminal Law: Mutual Recognition 4: Criminal Law: Criminal Procedure 5: Substantive Criminal Law 6: Criminal Law: Jurisdiction, Coordination, and Prosecution 7: Policing and Security 8: Civil Cooperation

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Book SynopsisWith unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage, this is the definitive guide to EU policy-making. The ninth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union provides students and scholars with a strong understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. In particular, it assesses policy-making in a more politicized context. Key Features:- Gives students a solid grounding in theories and empirics of EU policy-making- Details the processes and institutions central to EU policy-making- Analyses a wide range of policy areas in greater detail than any competing text, considering substantive material in both a practical and theoretical context- Concludes with a clear assessment of the challenges that have shaped and will continue to shape policy-making, including the politicization of the EU, Brexit, geopolitical shifts, and Covid-19New to the this edition:- Detailed assessments of the implications of greater geopolitical contestation, including Russia''s invasion of Ukraine in 2022- Evaluation of the implications of the UK''s departure for EU policy-makingCoverage of the EU''s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lasting impacts this has on EU policy-making

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Book SynopsisOpening with a discussion of the shifting conceptions of European democracy, this volume proceeds to look at key areas of substantive law against the backdrop of the Constitutional Treaty, from Foreign Relations to Fundamental Rights, Social Policy to Justice and Home Affairs. It also examines potential solutions to the constitutional crisis.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. European Democracy Between Two Ages ; 3. Direct effect, indirect effect, supremacy and the evolving constitution of the European Union ; 4. Respecting Fundamental Rights in the New Union: A Review ; 5. Social Policy Revisited in the Light of the Constitutional Debate ; 6. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and the European Union's Constitutional Dialogue ; 7. Unity and Pluralism in the EU's Foreign Relations Power ; 8. 'Euro-visions'? Some Thoughts on Prospects and Mechanisms for Future Constitutional Change in the European Union

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to comprehend the evolving nature of the European Union following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the failure of the European Constitution. Its prime focus is the last wave of enlargement that has profoundly transformed the EU. Although there are many parallels between the European integration process and state building processes, the Union is nothing like a Westphalian super state. The new emerging polity resembles a kind of neo-medieval empire with a polycentric system of government, multiple and overlapping jurisdictions, striking cultural and economic heterogeneity, fuzzy borders, and divided sovereignty. The book tries to spell out the origin, the shape, and the implications of this empire. The aim of this book is to suggest a novel way of thinking about the European Union and the process of European integration. The book shows ''two Europes'' coming together following the end of the cold war. It proposes a system of economic and democratic governance that meets thTrade ReviewEurope as Empire is an ambitious and an important book which presents a radical case for a Europe perpetually enlarging, perpetually decentralizing and finding new ways to bring accountability and legitimacy...Zielonka brings a passion for Europe along with a refreshing scepticism of its ambitions...and an ability to write clearly and elegantly, eschewing overly complex theory while also demonstrating considerable academic erudition. * EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW *Within elegant prose, through a careful balancing act of theoretical analysis and empirical data, Zielonka offers a persuasive new way of approaching issues which have become the focus of lively debate. Indeed, the care and sophistication with which the author approaches complex issues is enough to recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature - and future - of Europe. * Andrea Ott *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction: The Neo-Medieval Paradigm ; 1. Return to Europe ; 2. European Power Politics ; 3. Diversity and Adaptation ; 4. Economic Governance ; 5. Democratic Governance ; 6. Governance Beyond Borders ; 7. Implications of Neo-Medievalism ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state. It presents integration as a process of boundary transcendence, redefinition, shift, and change that fundamentally alters the nature of the European states. Its core concern lies in the relationship between the specific institutional design of the new Brussels centre, the boundary redefinitions that result from its political production, and, finally, the consequences of these two elements on established and developing national European political structures. Integration is examined as a new historical phase in the development of Europe, characterized by a powerful trend toward legal, economic, and cultural de-differentiation after the five-century process of differentiation that led to the European system of nation states. Considering the EU as the formation of an enlarged territorial system, this work recovers some of the classic issues of political moderTrade ReviewReview from previous edition 'It is fascinating because Bartolini shares with us his broad and extensive knowledge of European history and politics. The parts where he cuts through disciplinary boundaries and decades, if not centuries, of history and politics are a pleasure to read. One cannot but admire scholars that have the gift of both perusing and condensing such a broad field of knowledge.' * EUSA review *Table of Contents1. A Theory of Exit Options, Boundary Building, and Political Structuring ; 2. Structuring Europe: The Experience of the 'Nation State' ; 3. Centre Formation in the European Union ; 4. The Political Production of the EU: Boundary Building and Boundary Removing ; 5. Political Structuring in Loosely Bounded Territories: Territorial and Corporate Structures ; 6. Electoral Representation in Loosely Bounded Territories: Mass Politics in the EU? ; 7. Restructuring Europe

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Book SynopsisPost-conflict economic reconstruction is a critical part of the political economy of peacetime and one of the most important challenges in any peace-building or state-building strategy. After wars end, countries must negotiate a multi-pronged transition to peace: Violence must give way to public security; lawlessness, political exclusion, and violation of human rights must give way to the rule of law and participatory government; ethnic, religious, ideological, or class/caste confrontation must give way to national reconciliation; and ravaged and mismanaged war economies must be reconstructed and transformed into functioning market economies that enable people to earn a decent living.Yet, how can these vitally important tasks each be successfully managed? How should we go about rehabilitating basic services and physical and human infrastructure? Which policies and institutions are necessary to reactivate the economy in the short run and ensure sustainable development in the long run? WTrade ReviewDel Castillo provides a thoroughly sensible policy framework for countries in which a state-based order is in prospect, provoking an overdue debate. * Alex de Waal, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations ; Foreword ; Introduction: Reconstruction off track ; PART I: WAR-TO-PEACE TRANSITIONS ; 1. Features of Recent Transitions ; 2. Debate on the Economic Consequences of Peacetime ; PART II: POST-CONFLICT ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION ; 3. Definitions and Characteristics ; 4. Basic Premises for Policymaking ; PART III: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE ; 5. The Multilateral Framework for International Assistance ; 6. Issues for debate on International Assistance ; PART IV: LESSONS FROM CASE STUDIES ; 7. UN-Led Reconstruction Following UN-Led Negotiations: El Salvador ; 8. UN-Led Reconstruction Following NATO-Led Military Intervention: Kosovo ; 9. UN-Led Reconstruction Following US Military Intervention: Afghanistan ; 10. US-Led Reconstruction Amid US-Occupation: Iraq ; PART V: A STRATEGY FOR RECONSTRUCTION: LESSONS, POLICY GUIDELINES, AND BEST PRACTICES ; 11. Setting the Stage ; 12. Basic Institutional Framework ; 13. National Reconciliation Efforts ; 14. Macroeconomic Policymaking ; 15. Microeconomic Policymaking ; Concluding Remarks: Putting reconstruction on track ; Notes ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEurope 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. It reveals how variations in domestic competition put democratizing states on different political trajectories after 1989, and how the EU''s leverage eventually influenced domestic politics in liberal and particularly illiberal democracies. In doing so, Europe Undivided illuminates the changing dynamics of the relationship between the EU and candidate states from 1989 to 2004, and challenges policymakers to manage and improve EU leverage to support democracy, ethnic tolerance, and economic reform in other candidates and proto-candidates such as the Western Balkan states, Turkey, and Ukraine. Albeit not by design, the most powerful and successful tool of EU foreign policy has turned out to be EU enlargement - and this book helps us understand why, and how, it works.Trade ReviewEurope Undivided is an exemplary work of the new comparative-international politics. It is a subtle and substantial analysis of how asymmetric interdependence and meritocratic European Union membership criteria combined to enhance the influence of the EU on domestic political reforms in Eastern Europe. * Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School *In this important study, Vachudova develops an original and compelling analysis of how variations in domestic competition and changes in EU leverage combined to shape postcommunist political and economic pathways in East Central Europe. * Valerie Bunce, Professor and Chair of Government, Aaron Binenkorb Chair of International Studies, Cornell University *A scrupulous, clearly organized, and highly informative _ analysis of one of the great success stories of our time. _ Vachudova combines the methods of comparative politics and_ international relations to explore the very direct _ connections between political change in Central and Eastern Europe and the influence of the European Union over the _ fifteen years from the velvet revolutions of 1989 to the _ eastward enlargement of the EU in 2004. * Timothy Garton _ Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford, _ and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University_ *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Political Competition and the Reform Trajectories of Postcommunist States ; 2. Liberal and Illiberal Democracy After Communism ; 3. The Passive Leverage of the European Union ; 4. The Impact of Passive Leverage: EU Relations with Liberal and Illiberal States 1989-1994 ; 5. The Active Leverage of the European Union ; 6. The Impact of Active Leverage I: Making Political Systems More Competitive 1994-1998 ; 7. The Impact of Active Leverage II: Shaping Reform of the State and the Economy 1994-2004 ; 8. The Enlargement Endgame and the Future of an Enlarged EU ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book studies the law, working and effect of membership of the European Convention on Human Rights within thirty-two European states. Part I of the book explains and discusses the machinery of the Convention including the Court of Human Rights and considers comparative aspects with respect to its application and effect on individual member states. Part II then comprises thirty-two chapters each focusing on a particular member state, written by a leading judge, jurist or practitioner in or from the country concerned. Part III contains a selection of key documentation for reference purposes including very recent publications or reports on topical developments such as judicial appointments or the new protocol on non-discrimination. This large volume is by far the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the ECHR in the domestic law and practice of member states, and has been prepared in association with the Council of Europe directorate of human rights to commemorate the 50th anniTrade Review... the reviews of each State are detailed and authoritative. * Human Rights Law Review *An excellent collection of essays. * Human Rights Law Review *Of great value to those who are anxious to know not just what the Strasbourg institutions have said the Convention means, but also the extent to which it has had any impact on the lives of people living in Convention states ... primarily of use as a work of reference ... it will also provide a benchmark of what needs to be done over the next 50 years if the ECHR is to continue to have a positive influence. * CAJ: Just News *I warmly welcome this unique and major addition to human rights literature. The editors have assembled an outstanding group of contributors to provide an authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the impact of the Convention on the legal and political systems within their own countries. The book is an indispensable work of reference, not merely for lawyers, but for all those concerned with the protection of human rights under the European Convention. * Sir Nicolas Bratza QC, European Court of Human Rights *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTORY: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF THE EHCR AND ITS MEMBER STATES; PART II: THE EFFECT OF THE EHCR ON THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF MEMBER STATES

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Book SynopsisOver fifty years ago governments established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to protect the world''s refugees. The UNHCR was created to be a human rights and advocacy organization. But governments also created the agency to promote regional and international stability and to serve the interests of states. Consequently, the UNHCR has always trod a perilous path between its mandate to protect refugees and asylum seekers and the demands placed upon it by states to be a relevant actor in world politics. This is the first independent history of the UNHCR. Gil Loescher, one of the world''s leading experts on refugee affairs, draws upon decades of personal experience and research to examine the origins and evolution of the UNHCR as well as to identify many of the major challenges facing the organization in the years ahead. A key focus is to examine the extent to which the evolution of the UNHCR has been framed by the crucial events of international poliTrade ReviewGill Loescher is overwhelmingly good on the decision-making of past High Commissioners as it relates to the international operations of the UNHCR, and the internal bureaucracy of the UNHCR insofar as this affects its operational capacity. In its detail on those operations Loescher's book does exactly what it says on the tin, and is the superlative modern political history of the UNHCR. * International and Comparative Law Quarterly *Aside from being a masterful overview of UNHCR and the evolution of the refugee crisis over the last fifty years, this book is a remarkable example of the blending of disciplinary approaches. I should imagine it will be of particular value to postgraduates and academics in International Relations or Political Science, but will also prove valuable for scholars in related disciplines, including Geography, Sociology and History. It should also be required reading for every employee of UNHCR. It is well-written, smartly produced and the bibliography and index are valuable props. * Millennium: Journal of International Studies *Gil Loescher provides the first systematic analysis of [the] remarkable transformation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ... In writing this volume, he has had access to UNHCR documents and staff that I imagine is unique for an academic, and has also interviewed a number of the previous High Commissioners. Still, he has maintained his independence and has produced a balanced analysis that is critical when it is needed. * Millennium: Journal of International Studies *Table of Contents1. The UNHCR at 50: State Pressures and Institutional Autonomy ; 2. International Recognition of Refugees ; 3. The Cold War Origins of the UNHCR under Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart ; 4. The Emerging Independence of the UNHCR under Auguste Lindt ; 5. 'The Good Offices' and Expansion into Africa under Felix Schnyder ; 6. The Global Expansion of the UNHCR under Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan ; 7. The New Cold War and the UNCHR under Poul Hartling ; 8. The UNHCR's 'New Look', Financial Crisis, and Collapse of Morale under Jean-Pierre Hocke and Thorvald Stoltenberg ; 9. The Post-Cold War Era and the UNHCR under Sadako Ogata ; 10. Towards the Future: the UNHCR in the Twenty-First Century

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Book SynopsisThe picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising wide-ranging, arbitrary executive powers with no accountability is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. What truth is there in the image? This book aims to bring the EU''s executive powers out of the shadows by mapping the evolution and current form of the EU''s various executive actors, their powers, and the mechanisms for holding them accountable. In doing so it provides a rich understanding of the way in which the EU''s institutional and legal framework fits within national constitutional presumptions about how power should be controlled and accountability achieved.Covering both the political executive and the administrative executive at the EU institutional level, the book analyses their relationship with national executive power, and traces the historical evolution of executive order in Europe from the Peace of Westphalia through classic inter-governmental organizations to the allegTrade ReviewThis book takes a holistic approach; rather than providing an in-depth analysis of a particlar institution, Curtin analyses the political and administrative branches of the Council and the Commission as well as non-majoritarian agencies. It is the inclusive approach that makes this well written and clearly structured book stand out from other studies in the area. * Helena Ekelund, University of Nottingham, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsI TOPOGRAPHY AND LAYERED SEDIMENTS; II TIDES OF EU REFORM; III A LIVING EU CONSTITUTION

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Book SynopsisThe twenty-first century will not belong to America, China, Asia, or anyone else. It will be no one's world. Charles Kupchan spells out how to capitalize on the coming diversity to fashion a consensus between the West and the rising rest.Trade Review"Refreshingly avoids the parochialism that has defined recent debates over American decline. Moving beyond scholarly debates and election-season paeans to American exceptionalism, Kupchan urges readers to see the world as it is becoming, not how it used to be or how they might like it to be."-Foreign Affairs "Charles Kupchan is an important and distinctive voice in an ongoing debate about the future shape of the international order. Contrary to those who argue that now is the time for the West to strengthen and extend existing rules, he cautions policymakers to prepare for a world of conflicting values and multiple paths to modernity and prosperity. The prospect of No One's World is not one that Western policymakers and pundits like to contemplate, which is all the more reason that they should read this book." --Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University "Lucid and engaging." --Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsChapter 1 The Turn ; Chapter 2 The Rise of the West ; Chapter 3 The Last Turn: The West Beats the Rest ; Chapter 4 The Next Turn: The Rise of the Rest ; Chapter 5 Alternatives to the Western Way ; Chapter 6 Reviving the West ; Chapter 7 Managing No One's World

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Book SynopsisThis is the first major exploration of the United Nations Security Council''s part in addressing the problem of war, both civil and international, since 1945. Both during and after the Cold War the Council has acted in a limited and selective manner, and its work has sometimes resulted in failure. It has not been - and was never equipped to be - the centre of a comprehensive system of collective security. However, it remains the body charged with primary responsibility for international peace and security. It offers unique opportunities for international consultation and military collaboration, and for developing legal and normative frameworks. It has played a part in the reduction in the incidence of international war in the period since 1945.This study examines the extent to which the work of the UN Security Council, as it has evolved, has or has not replaced older systems of power politics and practices regarding the use of force. Its starting point is the failure to implement the UTrade ReviewA useful reference work that supplements smaller studiesSumming Up: Recommended. * Choice, Apr 2011 *A definitive interdisciplinary work on an important subject ... The depth of knowledge and experience provides fascinating and essential reading for anyone interested in the area of international peace and security, regardless of their disciplinary background and whether practitioner or academic * Christian Henderson in International and Comparative Law Quarterly *The United Nations Security Council and War is an essential work, full of astute observations. Set apart by the wealth of ideas and diversity of viewpoints, this edited collection provides a seminal and well-balanced account of the Security Council's dealing with war since 1945. * Robin Geiss in German Yearbook of International Law *a magnificent achievement... this book will stand out as an indispensable tool in the vast literature on the UN Security Council, set apart by the quality of its research, the wealth of extensive and carefully researched data it contains, as well as the diversity of viewpoints it offers. * Professor Gilles Andréani in Survival *An incredible achievement, magisterial and definitive. This is an essential work on anyone's bookshelf. * Professor Lawrence Freedman, June 2008 *this excellent edited collection ... consistently high standard we should not forget that for better or worse the UN can only work well when its Great Powers work together. Analysts and policy-makers alike would be better prepared to bring this about if they read this important new book. * Professor Paul Williams, International Affairs *This substantial, comprehensive, and authoritative volume contains 28 chapters by leading academics, lawyers, and practitioners, plus detailed appendices covering UN resolutions, sanctions, and operations. * Foreign Affairs, December 2008 *That the book will stand as an authoritative piece is not in doubt. * Dr Kennedy Graham, University of Canterbury New Zealand Yearbook of International law *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I: THE FRAMEWORK ; 2. A Council for All Seasons: The Creation of the Security Council and Its Relevance Today ; 3. The Charter Limitations on the Use of Force: Theory and Practice ; 4. Proposals for UN Standing Forces: A Critical History ; PART II: THE ROLES OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL ; 5. The Great Powers and the Security Council ; 6. The Security Council, the General Assembly, and War: The Uniting for Peace Resolution ; 7. The Security Council and Peacekeeping ; 8. The Sanctions Era: Themes and Trends in UN Security Council Sanctions since 1990 ; 9. The Authorization by the Security Council of Regional Arrangements to Use Force: The Case of NATO ; 10. The Security Council in the Post-Cold War World ; PART III: CASE STUDIES ; 11. The United Nations, the Security Council, and the Korean War ; 12. The Suez Crisis and the British Dilemma at the United Nations ; 13. The Security Council and the Arab-Israeli Wars: Responsibility without Power ; 14. The Security Council and the India-Pakistan Wars ; 15. The Security Council and the Question of East Timor' ; 16. The Security Council and the Iran-Iraq War ; 17. The Security Council and the 1991 and 2003 Iraq Wars ; 18. The Security Council and the Wars in the former Yugoslavia ; 19. The Security Council and the Bosnia Conflict: A Practitioner's View ; 20. The Security Council and Afghanistan ; 21. The Security Council and Three Wars in West Africa ; 22. The Security Council in the Wings: Exploring the Non-Involvement of the Security Council in Wars ; PART IV: THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF WAR ; 23. The Different Functions of the Security Council with Respect to Humanitarian Law ; 24. The Security Council and Interventions with Humanitarian Purposes ; 25. The Security Council and International Administration of War-Torn and Contested Territories ; 26. The Security Council and International Law on Military Occupations ; 27. The Security Council and Terrorism ; 28. The Security Council and the Use of Private Force ; Appendices ; 1. UN Peacekeeping Operations, 1945 - 2006 ; 2. UN Forces, Missions, and Institutions not Classified as Peacekeeping Operations, 1945 - 2006 ; 3. UN-Authorized Military Operations, 1945 - 2006 ; 4. UN-Authorized Sanctions, 1945 - 2006 ; 5. Vetoed Security Council Resolutions, 1945 - 2006 ; 6. Uses of the Uniting for Peace Resolution, 1950 - 2006 ; 7. List of Armed Conflicts and Crises, 1945 - 2006

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Book SynopsisThe prohibition of the use of force is one of the most crucial elements of the international legal order. Our understanding of that rule was both advanced and challenged during the period commencing with the termination of the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait, and concluding with the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The initial phase was characterized by hopes for a functioning collective security system administered by the United Nations as part of a New World Order. The liberation of Kuwait, in particular, was seen by some as a powerful vindication of the prohibition of the use of force and of the UN Security Council. However, the operation was not really conducted in accordance with the requirements for collective security established in the UN Charter. In a second phase, an international coalition launched a humanitarian intervention operation, first in the north of Iraq, and subsequently in the south. That episode is often seen as the fountainhead of the post-Cold War claiTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Vision of the New World Order and its Collapse ; 2. Iraq and Kuwait 1990/1 ; 3. Forcible Humanitarian Action and the Aerial Exclusion Zones ; 4. The Use of Force in Relation to Iraqi Disarmament Obligations 1991-1998 ; 5. Resolution 1441 (2002) and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq ; 6. The Role of International Law in UK Decision-Making ; 7. Conclusion: The Use of Force in International Law after Iraq

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Book SynopsisThe 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. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German, and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook adapts Lijphart''s theory of democracy and applies it to the subnational levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether subnational (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political parties and interest groups and also how subnational political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practiTable of ContentsPART I THE BRITISH ISLES; PART II THE RHINELANDIC STATES; PART III THE NORDIC STATES; PART IV THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN STATES; PART V THE NEW DEMOCRACIES; PART VI CONCLUSIONS

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Book SynopsisFor three decades multiculturalism has been the focus of fierce debates. At the same time Europeans have worried, at the national level and at that of the European Union, about how to relate to a world in which their influence has been steadily reducing. But the two discussions, on society and on foreign policy, have rarely intersected. The events of 11 September 2001 did shock the citizens of Western countries into an awareness that international politics could literally explode onto their home streets, and generated fear and suspicion about and among minority groups. But the excessive focus on terrorism and on Islam which followed hardly did justice to the deeper processes of transnationally induced change which were at work. This book attempts to go beyond the emotive political debate to show how foreign policy and domestic society have been becoming more entangled with each other for some time. It focuses on the more established Member States of the European Union and the varying pTrade ReviewThe book provides one of the most thoughtful reflections on contemporary European foreign policy for a long time, and, in so doing, asserts the need for a clear (and long under-appreciated) consideration of statesociety relations in foreign policy analysis. Hills final call, for a more open and wide-ranging debate about foreign policy issues across society, is well made, and chimes closely with his observations on the diffused and variegated notion of the contemporary national interest. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and post-graduate students of foreign policy analysis, contemporary European politics and multiculturalism, as well as to academics, practitioners and policy-makers working in these and cognate areas. * Timothy Edmunds, University of Bristol, International Affairs *A pioneering and comprehensive analysis of a significant and growing issue. * Roger Morgan, Times Higher Education *Christopher Hill's The National Interest in Question: Foreign Policy in Multicultural Societies is an important and ambitious attempt to systematise and explain the dynamics of foreign policy in multicultural societies. The aim is not to construct and test a new model for explaining foreign policy or to engage in a gladiatorial battle over which theoretical paradigm is the 'better' one. He draws on a vast number of primary and secondary sources to activate the insights of six specialist literatures: political philosophical and sociological discussions on the nature of multiculturalism, migrationstudies, comparative European foreign policy, comparative multiculturalism studies, terrorism studies and European Union studies. This is a book, which engages with the complexity of politics rather than seeking to simplify it. * Anders Wivel, University Of Copenhagen *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. The Social Context of Foreign Policy ; 2. Multiculturalist Societies and Foreign Policy ; 3. The Integrationist Model ; 4. Parallel Societies ; 5. Identity-Friends, Enemies, and Roles in the World ; 6. Loyalty, Security, and Democracy ; 7. Interventions, Blowbacks, and the Law of Unforeseen Consequences ; 8. The European Dimension ; 9. The State, Multiculturality and Foreign Policy ; Appendix

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.Table of ContentsSECTION 1: THE POLITICS OF THE WELFARE STATE (SECTION EDITOR: BO ROTHSTEIN); SECTION 2: CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN (SECTION EDITOR: SHIRIN AHLBACK OBERG); SECTION 3: THE PARTY SYSTEM (SECTION EDITORS: HANNA BACK AND GISSUR ERLINGSSON); SECTION 4: ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR (SECTION EDITORS: SOREN HOLMBERG AND HENRIK EKENGREN OSCARSSON); SECTION 5: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (SECTION EDITOR: GORAN SUNDSTROM); SECTION 6: SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT (SECTION EDITOR: ANDERS LIDSTROM); SECTION 7: SWEDEN'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (SECTION EDITOR: OLE ELGSTROM); SECTION 8: SWEDEN AND THE EU (SECTION EDITOR: ULRIKA MORTH); SECTION 9: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SWEDISH GOVERNANCE (SECTION EDITOR: JOHANNES LINDVALL); SECTION 10: POLICY MAKING IN SWEDEN (SECTION EDITOR: CARL DAHLSTROM)

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Book SynopsisIn the last few years, the Security Council has imposed highly controversial sanctions on both individuals and States, some of which can be considered to violate international law. This book argues that the law of international responsibility allows States to disobey these obligations when they would result in a serious violation of human rights.Trade ReviewThis monograph is one of the first to systematically address an increasingly important problem, namely the reaction to excesses of power, or unlawful acts, of the Security Council...By its subject, and the way it goes about addressing it, this book is solidly devoted to these increasingly pressing questions. The author demonstrates several qualities: expertise...; a distinctive subtlety and a capacity to sustain a powerful argument; a remarkable knowledge of general international law which underlies and visibly strengthens the argument; a concentration on the essential questions only [and] a palpable mastery of the subject ... . In sum, Dr Tzanakopoulos offers us an image of a next generation of international lawyers of which we can be proud. * Robert Kolb, Professeur de droit international public à l'Université de Genève, Journal du Droit International *Disobeying the Security Council is to be recommended as an important work of scholarship. It displays a richness of argument backed by a depth of research. It repays careful reading and will, without doubt, spark debate and sharpen views on the subjects which it treats. * Matthew Happold, British Yearbook of International Law *[T]he work is highly creative and reveals remarkable intellectual discipline and technical accomplishment. It constitutes a valuable contribution to the debate about the nature of the Security Council's powers and exposes once again the limits of the international legal order in constraining the exercise of public power by international organisations. * Erika de Wet, Professor of International Constitutional Law, University of Amsterdam and Co-Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria *I am happy to recommend Disobeying the Security Council. It is a substantial achievement. It repays careful reading and will without a doubt spark debate. It has certainly sharpened my view on the subjects of which it treats. * Matthew Happold, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Luxembourg *Antonios Tzanakopoulos has written a powerful book in Disobeying the Security Council. It is a rich - at times very rich - piece of scholarship... * Marko Milanovic, Edinburgh Law Review *...the book is a thoughtful study of topical and important issues surrounding the responsibility of the UN and international organizations in general...Scholars and practitioners in international law and relations will benefit handsomely from reading this book. * Sienho Yee, Wuhan University Institute of International Law, Chinese Journal of International Law *[The author] has a rigorous and logical way of formatting legal arguments in the debate. This work is certainly a necessary item on the shelf of every specialist dealing with issues of international responsibility. * PAÑSTWO i PRAWO (State and Law) *Irrespective of the interest it sparks of its own accord, Antonio Tzanakopoulos' book undeniably comes at the right moment. * Frédéric Dopagne, Netherlands International Law Review *While the book is well written and structured, the sheer density of argument, the wealth of research, and the depth of thought make it a very rewarding yet equally challenging read. * Thomas Lieflaender, Leiden Journal of International Law *Antonios Tzanakopoulos's argument is supported by numerous references, both classical and contemporary, which make up a wide panorama of the current state of research. . . Always, the position set out by the author enriches the debate over the question of the legality of the control of the Council, at a moment when it is multiplying the sanctions which are targeted and when its role as "World legislator" is criticised. * Annuaire français de droit international 01/02/2012 *Table of ContentsI THE ENGAGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY; II THE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY; III THE CONSEQUENCES OF RESPONSIBILITY

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Book SynopsisSince its formation, the European Union has expanded beyond all expectations; this seems set to continue as more countries seek accession and the scope of EU law expands, touching more and more aspects of its citizens'' lives. The EU has never been stronger and yet it now appears to be reaching a crisis point, beset on all sides by conflict and challenges to its legitimacy. Nationalist sentiment is on the rise and the Eurozone crisis has had a deep and lasting impact. The European Union has the complexity and depth of a mature legal system, albeit one which is constantly in flux and whose content and foundations are constantly contested. Its law has developed beyond the single market and institutional matters into many other fields including environmental, fiscal, labour, immigration and criminal law. It is studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level throughout the Member States and beyond; an understanding of it is essential to those who study the EU from other disciplinary perspeTable of ContentsPART I: CONCEPTUALIZING EU LAW; PART II: THE ARCHITECTURE OF EU LAW; PART III: MAKING AND ADMINISTERING EU LAW; PART IV: THE ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION AND THE CITIZEN; PART V: REGULATION OF THE MARKET PLACE; PART VI: ECONOMIC, FISCAL, AND MONETARY UNION; PART VII: THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY, AND JUSTICE; PART VIII: BEYOND THE REGULATORY STATE?

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Book SynopsisA robust, exhaustive, and systematic legal analysis of the conflicts opposing integration of internal market and free competition rules with the environmental protection rules, including climate change rules, taken at an EU and national level.Trade ReviewEU Environmental Law and the Internal Market is a key volume for the study of the EU's environmental policies. All legal scholars dealing with environmental governance, the EU or international institutions are encouraged to add this impressive work to their bookshelves. * Nikolas Sellheim, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law *Environmental Law and the Internal Market is another remarkable work of Nicolas Sadeleer. This very pragmatic book offers answers to very specific questions... [and] it comes as no surprise that the author is deemed to be one of the foremost experts of environmental law at world level. * Alexandra Aragão, RevCEDOUA *Nicolas de Sadeleer is without doubt one of the most productive and thorough of all legal scholars dealing with EU environmental law...in broad brushstrokes, he informs us about the encounter between the two perspectives of EU law; business and free trade on the one hand, and the environment and climate change on the other...he manages to merge the different worlds of business and the environment, which makes the analysis fruitful for readers from all sectors of society, not least practitioners. This is certainly not a book reserved for just one category of reader... an excellent book to place in the hands of law students, civil servants, business lawyers and administrators interested in EU law in connection with free trade, competition and the environment. * Jan Darpö, European Journal of Risk Regulation *De Sadeleer manages to provide a full and encyclopaedic overview of all aspects of EU internal market and competition law through an environmental lens... He addresses a broad range of issues in a clear and accessible way, helped by the inclusion of instructive tables and to-the-point summaries of the main aspects discussed throughout the book. These are helpful tools for non-EU lawyers and non-academics to navigate and gain a comprehensive overview of EU environmental law and associated disciplines. * Leonie Reins, Transnational Environmental Law *As Judge Rosas has pointed out in his foreword, one of the merits of this volume is that it is aimed both at academics and at practitioners. Another is that, rather than treating EU environmental law in isolation, it concentrates on the interaction between that area of law and the internal market; this approach enables the reader to gain a far better understanding of how EU environmental law works in practice. In short, this impressive work is a must for anyone interested in EU environmental law. * Peter Oliver, Common Market Law Review *This is a thought-provoking book in which Nicolas de Sadeleer succeeds in setting out and analysing the relevant law on the environment and the internal market in a clear and accessible manner, while at the same time addressing difficult issues relating to conflict in implementation. This scholarly and comprehensive work not only identifies and addresses these issues at the heart of the EU, but also proposes solutions both legal and practical. * Anne-Michelle Slater, Environmental Law Review *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION TO EU ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; PART II: THE RESPECT OF TREATY PROVISIONS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, SERVICES, AND ESTABLISHMENT; PART III: COMPETITION LAW AND ENVIRONMENT

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Book SynopsisWith rapid globalization, the world is more deeply interconnected than ever before. While this has its advantages, it also brings with it systemic risks that are only just being identified and understood. Rapid urbanization, together with technological leaps, such as the Internet, mean that we are now physically and virtually closer than ever in humanity''s history. We face a number of international challenges - climate change, pandemics, cyber security, and migration - which spill over national boundaries. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the UN, the IMF, the World Bank - bodies created in a very different world, more than 60 years ago - are inadequate for the task of managing such risk in the 21st century. Ian Goldin explores whether the answer is to reform the existing structures, or to consider a new and radical approach. By setting out the nature of the problems and the various approaches to global governance, Goldin highlights the challenges that we are to overcome and cTrade ReviewDivided Nations is an absolutely remarkable book, which provides fresh and particularly useful theoretical as well as necessarily practical insights given the present challenges facing humanity. * Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank and current chairman and CEO of the Group of Thirty. *Goldin is dead right. This could be the best century ever. Or the worst. As we shrink inexorably into a global village, the biggest challenge is how we manage global village governance. Goldin offers clear-headed analysis and practical, pragmatic solutions. A must-read. * Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, and author of The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World *Ian Goldin stylishly describes the Gordian knot of international governance and makes some sensible suggestions on how it might be cut. * Mark Malloch-Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General *Ian Goldin has been in the kitchen, at a senior level, of national and international policymaking. It is a messy place. But, as he argues clearly and convincingly, our ability to co-operate across nations is crucial to the stability and growth of our economies. It is crucial too for the protection of our environment and reducing the grave risks of climate change. The necessary co-operation will not be easy but Goldin sets out clear principles and sketches out real possibilities. The world should listen. * Nicholas Stern *Ian Goldin stylishly describes the Gordian knot of international governance and makes some sensible suggestions on how it might be cut. * Mark Malloch-Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General *Goldin offers clear-headed analysis and practical, pragmatic solutions. A must-read. * Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, and author of The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World *At a time when, as Ian Goldin argues, global politics is gridlocked, we need greater international co-operation than ever before - and the institutions to sustain it - in order to cope with the sort of problems from economic imbalances to the environment which individual nation states cannot overcome on their own. Ian Goldin shows why this is imperative and how it could be done. * Lord Chris Patten, Chancellor, University of Oxford *Table of ContentsList of acronyms and abbreviations ; 1. New Global Governance Challenges ; 2. Reconciling global, national, and local interests ; 3. Rethinking Reform: nations, networks and knowledge ; 4. The Power of One: The role of individuals ; 5. What can be done? ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGlobal governance organizations (GGOs) - from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Council - have taken on prominent roles in the management of international affairs. The author provides a clearer picture of the compromises within and the competition among these institutions by focusing attention on their organizational design.Trade Review"World Rule is ambitious, engaging, and well-researched; it will be a major contribution to the literature on international organizations and global governance more broadly." - Steven Bernstein, University of Toronto"

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing the World Trade Organization. Papers address the WTO's institutional capacity, the resources available to the secretariat, policy issues facing the WTO, and the WTO's relationship with transition and developing countries.

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Book SynopsisAn account of the Uruguay Round which includes an examination of the historical context in which it took place, and an insider's assessment of the agreement's future impact on the international trading system. Implications for the political/economic relationships are also discussed.Table of ContentsPreface Prologue: Rendezvous at Punta 1: The Decade That Transformed World Trade 2: The Wobbly Bicycle, 1979-1982 3: Establishing the Agenda, 1983-1986 4: Specifying the Objectives, 1987-1988 5: The Road to Brussels, 1989-1990 6: Farm Subsidy Showdown, 1991-1992 7: Diplomatic and Political Endgames, 1993-1994 8: The Final Agreement: An Assessment 9: A Trade Agenda for the 1990s 10: The Brave New World Economic Order App. A. Chronology of Events App. B. Punta del Este Ministerial Declaration, Adopted September 20, 1986 App. C. Final Uruguay Round Agreement, Table of Contents App. D. Marrakesh Ministerial Decision on Trade and Environment, April 14, 1994 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDisplacement in the twenty-first century is urbanized. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the world's largest humanitarian organization and the main body charged with assisting displaced people globally, estimates that over 60 per cent of refugees now live in urban areas, a proportion that only increases in the case of internally displaced people and asylum seekers.Though cities and local authorities have become essential participants in the protection of refugees, only three decades ago they were considered to sit firmly beyond UNHCR's remit, with urban refugees typically characterized as aberrations. In The Urbanization of Forced Displacement Neil James Wilson Crawford examines the organization's response to the growing number of refugees migrating to urban areas. Introducing a broader study of policy-making in international organizations, Crawford addresses how and why UNHCR changed its policy and practice in response to shifting trends in displacement. CitinTrade Review“The Urbanization of Forced Displacement addresses an issue of significant concern to people working in the fields of refugee, migration, humanitarian, and urban studies, as well as those with an interest in the policymaking process of international organizations. As someone who was intimately engaged in many of the events and decisions examined in the book, I found Crawford's analysis to be engaging and enlightening.” Jeff Crisp, Oxford University and former head of policy development and evaluation, UNHCR"Neil Crawford's The Urbanization of Forced Displacement is a timely intervention on the debates about how and why international organizations experience policy change. [...] the analysis of the UNHCR’s experience of authority expansion to displaced groups in urban settings is sharp, and scholars of forced migration and refugee studies will find a fresh insight in it. Moreover, the book’s findings on the power of epistemic communities will be relevant to multiple audiences beyond the academic world. For policy-makers, Crawford offers an insightful analysis of the workings of international organizations. For civil society actors, it is an important source on the significance of knowledge and expertise in steering an international organization’s direction, and therefore, in crafting their impact strategies. In a time when science and epistemic communities are under constant criticism and challenges from different political forces, Crawford’s analysis reminds readers that knowledge and expertise still matter." International Affairs"[T]he author skillfully avoids treating an actor, like a state or an international institution, as a temporally stable, homogenous, and self-conscious unit. The book provides a productive example of how actors within and around UNHCR consist of internal contestations involving different branches and individuals, how they respond to change in the international system and discourse that they are embedded in, and how all these change over time [...]. The Urbanization of Forced Displacement is an important read for graduate and undergraduate students as well as researchers and policymakers working on forced migration." International Migration Review

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Book SynopsisDisplacement in the twenty-first century is urbanized. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the world's largest humanitarian organization and the main body charged with assisting displaced people globally, estimates that over 60 per cent of refugees now live in urban areas, a proportion that only increases in the case of internally displaced people and asylum seekers.Though cities and local authorities have become essential participants in the protection of refugees, only three decades ago they were considered to sit firmly beyond UNHCR's remit, with urban refugees typically characterized as aberrations. In The Urbanization of Forced Displacement Neil James Wilson Crawford examines the organization's response to the growing number of refugees migrating to urban areas. Introducing a broader study of policy-making in international organizations, Crawford addresses how and why UNHCR changed its policy and practice in response to shifting trends in displacement. CitinTrade Review“The Urbanization of Forced Displacement addresses an issue of significant concern to people working in the fields of refugee, migration, humanitarian, and urban studies, as well as those with an interest in the policymaking process of international organizations. As someone who was intimately engaged in many of the events and decisions examined in the book, I found Crawford's analysis to be engaging and enlightening.” Jeff Crisp, Oxford University and former head of policy development and evaluation, UNHCR"Neil Crawford's The Urbanization of Forced Displacement is a timely intervention on the debates about how and why international organizations experience policy change. [...] the analysis of the UNHCR’s experience of authority expansion to displaced groups in urban settings is sharp, and scholars of forced migration and refugee studies will find a fresh insight in it. Moreover, the book’s findings on the power of epistemic communities will be relevant to multiple audiences beyond the academic world. For policy-makers, Crawford offers an insightful analysis of the workings of international organizations. For civil society actors, it is an important source on the significance of knowledge and expertise in steering an international organization’s direction, and therefore, in crafting their impact strategies. In a time when science and epistemic communities are under constant criticism and challenges from different political forces, Crawford’s analysis reminds readers that knowledge and expertise still matter." International Affairs"[T]he author skillfully avoids treating an actor, like a state or an international institution, as a temporally stable, homogenous, and self-conscious unit. The book provides a productive example of how actors within and around UNHCR consist of internal contestations involving different branches and individuals, how they respond to change in the international system and discourse that they are embedded in, and how all these change over time [...]. The Urbanization of Forced Displacement is an important read for graduate and undergraduate students as well as researchers and policymakers working on forced migration." International Migration Review

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Book SynopsisThe Fate of Canada introduces readers to poet, intellectual, constitutional expert, activist and law professor F.R. Scott’s biography, puts his diary entries into the political context of the time, and identifies the people he met and the places he visited during the hearings of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.Trade Review"The Fate of Canada is a wonderful diary. I read it with growing interest and appreciation, and it will be an indispensable source for Canadians wanting to understand the decisive 1960s. A unique and enduring record of a critical moment in Canada's history." John English, Trinity College, University of Toronto, and author of The Worldly Years: The Life of Lester B. Pearson, 1949–1972"Graham Fraser should be thanked for having the brilliant idea of editing this journal. The Fate of Canada gives us a better understanding of Scott, his views on bilingualism, and the work of the commission, as well as his reactions to Quebec's language policy." Marcel Martel, York University and co-editor of Entre solitudes et réjouissances : Les francophones et les fêtes nationales (1834-1982)“This book could not have come at a better time. It is an incredibly valuable contribution both to the corpus on Canada’s intellectual and political history and to contemporary debates around language and the Canadian constitution.” American Review of Canadian Studies“Scott's prose is humorous and biting, philosophical, and introspective. This is some of the best kind of history reading: accessible, entertaining, revealing, and a primary source to boot from the historical actor himself.” The Canadian Historical Review“Graham Fraser has beautifully edited and contextualised Scott’s diary.” Canada's History

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Book SynopsisIn the context of the financial and economic crisis, corporate governance and regulatory supervision failures, Laura Horn investigates one of the defining questions in social power relations in contemporary capitalism: who controls the modern corporation, and why.Trade Review'In this impressive and rigorous book, Horn examines the politics, power and paradoxes that are central to the construction and transformation of company law and corporate governance at the European Union level. Horn's lucid analysis makes an important and timely contribution. She not only denaturalises the regulatory developments linked to corporate governance but also maintains focus on the social implications of marketised corporate governance.' Susanne Soederberg, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Global Development Studies & Political Studies, Queen's University, Canada 'This is an important book, not only for those interested in corporate governance issues but also for those concerned with the power of corporations in modern society. It explains how the state actively constructed the framework that supported the rise of shareholder value in the European Union. Given the dominance of the corporate governance field by micro-level econometric studies, the book provides a much-needed historical perspective on one of the most important projects in post-world war II capitalism.' Sigurt Vitols, Senior Research Fellow WZB and Senior Researcher, ETUI, Brussels In this superb book, Laura Horn has given us an incisive, carefully researched, and powerfully argued analysis of European corporate governance reform. Linking national and EU regulatory politics within the broader historical context of financial globalization, her integration of comparative and international political economy strips away the rhetoric of efficiency and 'free' markets to focus on power as the driver and the objective of corporate governance reform. John W. Cioffi, Associate Professor, University of California, RiversideTable of ContentsIntroduction Theoretical Framework Global Capitalist Restructuring and Corporate Governance Regulation in the European Political Economy Company Law in the European Union - From Industrial to Shareholder Democracy? Corporate Governance Regulation in the European Union - From Harmonisation to Marketisation The Marketisation of Corporate Control as a Political Project Corporate Governance in Crisis? Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTickner focuses her distinctively feminist approach on new issues of the international relations agenda since the end of the Cold War, such as ethnic conflict and other new security issues, globalizations, democratization, and human rights.Trade ReviewTickner offers a massive survey of the literature in international relations, both traditional and feminist... Highly recommended for research libraries. Choice Very good... Tickner manages to convey both the breadth and the subtleties of feminist contributions in IR... She does not water down what she sees as the ultimate implications for IR of feminist analyses. American Political Science ReviewTable of Contents1. Gendering World Politics 2. Troubled Encounters: Feminism Meets IR 3. War, Peace, and Security 4. Gendering the Global Economy 5. Democratization, the State and the Global Order: Gendered Perspectives 6. Conclusions and Beginnings: Some Pathways for IR Feminist Futures Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPerrin Selcer tells the story of how the United Nations built the international knowledge infrastructure that made the global-scale environment visible. Experts affiliated with UN agencies helped make the “global”—as in global population, global climate, and global economy—an object in need of governance.Trade ReviewPerrin Selcer shows the persistent attempts by UN-related researchers to produce global citizenship. In the process, he shows convincingly, a global epistemic community was created. Impressively researched, The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment is highly original. An authoritative study. -- Alison Bashford, author of Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on EarthThe Postwar Origins of the Global Environment reveals the hidden history of international society’s formative ideas. Before NGOs, before a world community could have moral weight, there had to be a theory of reform that was both widely shared and planetary in scale. Selcer shows how foundational beliefs of globalism—development, conservation, world citizenship, localism, the biosphere—originated among an international community of scientists and activists seeking answers for aggression, disease, and scarcity. Along the way are vivid portraits of iconic thinkers, such as Margaret Mead, Gunnar Myrdal, George Kennan, who often formed unexpected alliances. An absorbing, thoroughly detailed account. -- Nick Cullather, Indiana University, BloomingtonSelcer’s path-breaking study provides an original and thought-provoking account of the origins of global environmentalism within the world of mid-twentieth-century internationalism and its associated movements. His work brims with novel and important insights that will reshape scholarship in international history, environmental history, and the history of science. -- Jessica Wang, University of British ColumbiaAn engaging microhistory. * Choice *In these accounts, the environment was a cause for diplomats and scientists, not just wild-haired, Birkenstock-clad activists. In this sense, [The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment] move environmental history from the periphery to the mainstream of postwar intellectual and political history. * Los Angeles Review of Books *Provides a useful nonlinear understanding of a commonly overlooked postwar success: the creation of potential energy stored in a transnational understanding of ecology that awaits a receptive political climate for influence and application by technocrats. * Journal of American History *An insightful book. Selcer has made a valuable contribution to the growing body of scholarship that links environmental history, the history of science, and international history. * Diplomatic History *A major contribution to the global history of environmental sciences and politics that lays new ground forfuture research. * Isis *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Science, Global Governance, and the Environment1. Behind the Burlap Curtain2. Conserving the World Community3. Men Against the Desert4. The Soil Map of the World and the Politics of Scale5. Locating the Global Environment6. Spaceship Earth in the Age of FractureConclusion: The View from a Utopia’s RuinsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBuilding States examines how the UN tried to manage the dissolution of European empires in the 1950s and 1960sand helped transform the practice of international development and the meaning of state sovereignty in the process. Eva-Maria Muschik traces how UN personnel pioneered a new kind of state building in the midst of decolonization.Trade ReviewThe formation of the United Nations in 1945 proved essential to the decolonization of the world, as Eva-Maria Muschik elegantly demonstrates in this state-of-the-art international history. In its first twenty years, the UN machinery was instrumental in new states’ attainment of formal sovereignty—and played an even more pivotal role in the development of many new states after their emergence. Revising our understanding of an era in which the UN’s contribution has often been criticized or trivialized, Muschik has transformed the study of international governance. -- Samuel Moyn, Yale UniversityBuilding States is a highly original book. It pushes forward our understanding of the international history of the United Nations, and it also acts as a powerful corrective to studies that lionize uncritically the work of the UN. -- Alessandro Iandolo, Harvard UniversityBuilding States will find an enthusiastic audience among historians and IR scholars interested in international organizations and development. Muschik’s focus on public administration is an important addition to the wealth of studies on agricultural and infrastructural development projects. Through a series of well-researched case studies, Muschik explores how "technical assistance" came to emphasize state-building as a job best handled by professionals and reveals how subtle (and not so subtle) tensions between ideals of expertise and democracy played out in practice. -- Perrin Selcer, author of The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment: How the United Nations Built Spaceship EarthAn ambitious book in its chronological, geographic and thematic scope, offering one perspective on the vast scale of UN interventions across the global South during the era of decolonization. * International Affairs *With new insight into how international organisations became major players in governance and development,Building States has significant implications for the histories of decolonization, UN intervention and the Cold War. * e-IR *The book has outstanding qualities, which make it more than worth reading. Building States makes a poignant case for the agency not only of the Secretariat but also of the new and small states. * International Peacekeeping *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Managing the World1. The UN and the Colonial World: International Trusteeship and Non-Self-Governing Territories2. How to Build a State?: The UN in Libya3. If Ten Years Suffice for Somaliland . . .4. Moving Beyond Advice: Pioneering Administrative Assistance in Bolivia5. Hammarskjöld, Decolonization, and the Proposal for an International Administrative Service6. State-Building Meets Peacekeeping: UN Civilian Operations in the Congo Crisis, 1960–1964EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewValdimar Hafstein [is the] author of some of the most mordant and witty critical analysis of intangible heritage protection. -- From "UNESCO and the Strange Career of Multiculturalism," published in the Los Angeles Review of BooksWhile a prior knowledge of international heritage policy can help, students, scholars, and professionals in anthropology, folklore, and allied fields and disciplines – those interested in heritage theory and practice, and those out on the frontlines of "ICH" work – should read this book. * Cultural Analysis *The book is a useful tool for the study of critical heritage studies as well as for the expansion of our knowledge about the uses and resignifications linked to the concept of intangible heritage. * Anthropological Journal of European Cultures *Table of ContentsPrelude: Confessions of a Folklorist1. Making Heritage: Introduction2. Making Threats: The Condor's Flight3. Making Lists: The Dance Band in the Hospital4. Making Communities: Protection as Dispossession5. Making Festivals: Folklorisation RevisitedPostlude: Intangible Heritage as Diagnosis, Safeguarding as TreatmentConclusion: If Intangible Heritage is the Solution, What is the Problem?AcknowledgmentsWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewValdimar Hafstein [is the] author of some of the most mordant and witty critical analysis of intangible heritage protection. -- From "UNESCO and the Strange Career of Multiculturalism," published in the Los Angeles Review of BooksWhile a prior knowledge of international heritage policy can help, students, scholars, and professionals in anthropology, folklore, and allied fields and disciplines – those interested in heritage theory and practice, and those out on the frontlines of "ICH" work – should read this book. * Cultural Analysis *The book is a useful tool for the study of critical heritage studies as well as for the expansion of our knowledge about the uses and resignifications linked to the concept of intangible heritage. * Anthropological Journal of European Cultures *Table of ContentsPrelude: Confessions of a Folklorist1. Making Heritage: Introduction2. Making Threats: The Condor's Flight3. Making Lists: The Dance Band in the Hospital4. Making Communities: Protection as Dispossession5. Making Festivals: Folklorisation RevisitedPostlude: Intangible Heritage as Diagnosis, Safeguarding as TreatmentConclusion: If Intangible Heritage is the Solution, What is the Problem?AcknowledgmentsWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection brings together experts from Europe and the United States to examine how the foundering of the autocracies of Central and Eastern Europe brought about important changes in civil-military relations.Table of ContentsPreface: Manfred W orner's Legacy and NATO by Michael Ruhle Introduction by Anton Bebler International Organizations and Central-East Europe The Partnership for Peace and Civil-Military Relations in a Democracy by Allen L. Keiswetter The Security Dimensions of European Integration and the Central-East European States by Willem van Eekelen Security Policy and Democratic Control by Heinz Vetschera General Developments and Relevant Experiences Elsewhere Civil-Military Relations after the Cold War by Charles Moskos and John Allen Williams Military Reform and the Innere Fuhrung in Germany by Detlef Bald The Italian Military: Between Fascist Dictatorship and Democracy by Giuseppe Caforio The Portuguese Military in Democratic Transition by Maria Carrilho The Problems of Transition in Central-East Europe The Regionwide Perspective on Post-Communist Civil-Military Relations by Anton Bebler Military Politics and Society in Poland during the Democratic Transition by Jerzy J. Wiatr A Dispirited Army by Sandor Agocs From the Totalitarian to the Post-Totalitarian Military by %Stefan %Sarvas and Marie Vlachowa Civil-Military Relations in Slovenia by Anton Grizold The Role of the Military in Post-Totalitarian Albania by Constantine Danopoulos and Adem Copani Central European Civil-Military Relations and the Question of NATO Expansion by Jeff Simon Postscript by Anton Bebler Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe early moves from outreach toward enlargement are then explored, and then he examines how NATO sought to combine the two strands of prospective enlargement while engaging nations not seeking NATO membership, especially Russia, to prepare for coalition operations and the spread of democratic security values.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction Falling Satellites The Hand of Friendship The "Coup" against Gorbachev The North Atlantic Cooperation Council An Arms-Length Friendship? Peacekeeping Beyond Cooperation Associate Allies? Encounter in Warsaw and the Secret Letter A Concrete Perspective Partnership for Peace A Fresh Breeze from Evere The Allies Travem:unde The Brussels Summit Presentation Aftermath A Special Partnership Main Parameters Consultations "as Appropriate" How and Why Reassurance Puzzling Evidence A Process of Examination From Noordwijk to Brussels Cold Peace? The Enlargement Study Intensified Dialogue Warning Signs The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act Endgame Afoot One or More Enhanced Partnership The NATO-Russia Act Ukraine Affordable Stability? Closing Arguments From Paris to Madrid: The Defining Moment Conclusion and Recommendations Appendixes A: Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation, July 8, 1997 B: Chronology of Principal Events C: Fundamental Principles of NATO Enlargement D: Signatories to the Partnership for Peace E: Benefits of NATO Enlargement F: Focus of Pre-Accession Military Work Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA compelling new history of the EU and the people who sought to shape and challenge it—from Maastricht to todayTrade Review“A glorious new book.”—Alex Andreou, The Bunker podcast“A fast-paced narrative of the European Union since the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.”—Denis MacShane, Encompass Europe“Most books about Europe written by academics are unreadable for the wider public… Circle of Stars helps the bigger public to understand why we live in a different Europe than just a few years ago.” —Caroline de Grutyer, euobserver “A highly original and wide-ranging history of the EU. Hodson skilfully weaves together the national and European stories, focusing on political personalities as makers-of-history, carefully picked from across the political spectrum.”—Luuk van Middelaar, author of The Passage to Europe“At last a book on Europe that infuses oceanic policy shifts with the personalities who drove the drama, and who for better or worse, forged a European Union that has, against the odds, survived one crisis after another. Circle of Stars is bright with colour and politics, yet does not shirk the hard analyses which the European project must command.”—Tony Connelly, author of Brexit and Ireland“Hodson’s beautifully written book is a fresh take on the multifaceted story of European integration, bringing to life the personalities and actions of many of the key characters in the drama. This is a must read for anyone interested in the European construction, and how we got to where we are today.”—Simon Hix, coauthor of The Political System of the European Union“A brilliant account. . . . Hodson once again shows why he’s one of the leading scholars of European integration. In impeccable prose, this contemporary history of the European Union is full of new insights into the central personalities and structural factors that have shaped the dynamics of the EU.”—Matthias Matthijs, Johns Hopkins University & Council on Foreign Relations“Full of anecdotes and colourful personalities, this lively account covers not only the political leaders who have shaped Europe, but the rock stars, cheap flights and festivals that brought Europeans together across borders.”—Heather Grabbe, author of The EU’s Transformative Power: Europeanization Through Conditionality in Central and Eastern Europe

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy provides a comprehensive overview of the EU's most important foreign policy instrument, provided by leading experts in the field. Coherently structured and adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this handbook covers the most important themes, developments and dynamics in the EU's neighbourhood policy framework through a series of cutting-edge contributions. With chapters from a substantial number of scholars who have been influential in shaping the study of the ENP, this handbook serves to encourage debates which will hopefully produce more conceptual as well as neighbourhood-specific perspectives leading to enriching future studies on the EU's policies towards its neighbourhood.It will be a key reference point both for advanced-level students, scholars and professionals developing knowledge in the fields of EU/European Studies, European Foreign Policy Analysis, Area studies, EU law, and more broadly Trade Review‘This wide-ranging volume from an expert team is an outstanding contribution to the understanding of our European neighbourhood. It covers the range of countries and issues in depth with thoughtful insights into the many policy challenges for the European Union, not least for its foreign policy and role in conflict management.’ - Helen Wallace, University of Sussex, UK.‘A most indispensable reading for all those who wish to know more about one of the central features of EU foreign policy. At a time when the EU neighbourhood in both its Eastern and Southern dimensions is on fire and facing unprecedented challenges, this handbook offers the necessary keys to better understand Europe's policy in this field for the last ten years. It also helps to grasp the essential ingredients that will shape its future as Europe is struggling to stabilise its highly volatile fringes.’ - H.E. Ambassador Pierre Vimont, Carnegie Europe, and former Secretary General, European External Action Service."... A captivating collection of chapters and a wide-ranging account of the ENP... An excellent reference book for all students of the ENP and a very ambitious and urgent policy agenda for ENP practitioners." - Tatiana Skripka, Maastricht University, Netherlands, Book Review in the Journal of Common Market Studies, 2018 Vol. 56 (7), pp. 1675-1683.Table of ContentsForeword [Johannes Hahn] Preface [Tobias Schumacher, Andreas Marchetti and Thomas Demmelhuber] 1. Introduction: The European Neighbourhood Policy: The challenge of demarcating a complex and contested field of study [Tobias Schumacher] Part I: Conceptual, theoretical and legal approaches in the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy 2. Beyond enlargement: conceptualizing the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Frank Schimmelfennig] 3. EU actorness and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Nils Hoffmann and Arne Niemann] 4. The challenge of analysing the performance of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Dorina Baltag and Iulian Romanyshyn] 5. Power and leadership in the European Neighbourhood: contending role concepts [Lisbeth Aggestam] 6. Realism and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Adrian Hyde-Price] 7. Constructivist approaches to the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Petr Kratochvíl and Elsa Tulmets] 8. The study of the European Neighbourhood Policy through the lenses of critical approaches [Åsne Kalland Aarstad and Niklas Bremberg] 9. Methodological and theoretical challenges to the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Theofanis Exadaktylos] 10. Legal perspectives on the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Peter Van Elsuwege and Roman Petrov] Part II: The EU and its neighbourhood: drawing borders, shaping identities 11. The construction and deconstruction of the EU’s neighbourhood [Christopher Browning] 12. Of borders and boundaries: the neighbourhood as the EU’s buffer zone [Andreas Marchetti] 13. The EU and the European Neighbourhood Policy: the re-making of Europe’s identity [Jan Zielonka] 14. Strategic narratives of EU foreign policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Alister Miskimmon] 15. The challenges of a changing eastern neighbourhood [Elena Korosteleva] 16. The challenges of a changing southern neighbourhood [Thomas Demmelhuber] Part III: European Neighbourhood Policy-making: institutional dynamics, actors and instruments 17. Coherence, cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy [Tanja Börzel and Bidzina Lebanidze] 18. European Neighbourhood Policy decision-making at critical junctures: EU institutions, the Member States and neighbourhood countries [Mark Furness] 19. EU Member States and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Amelia Hadfield] 20. The European Parliament as an actor in its own right in the in the EU’s neighbourhood [Cristian Nitoiu] 21. Financial instruments and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Anna-Sophie Maass] Part IV: Bilateralism, region-building and conflict management in the European Neighbourhood Policy 22. The European Neighbourhood Policy between bilateralism and region-building [Federica Bicchi, Gergana Noutcheva and Benedetta Voltolini] 23. The EU and civilian missions in the neighbourhood [Dimitris Bouris and Madalina Dobrescu] 24. The European Neighbourhood Policy and the politics of sanctions [Clara Portela] 25. Ukraine in the European Neighbourhood Policy: a paradoxical partner [Kataryna Wolczuk] 26. EU–Belarus relations in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Giselle Bosse] 27. The European Neighbourhood Policy and Moldova: a resilient oligarchic system wedged between the EU and Russia [Florent Parmentier] 28. The European Neighbourhood Policy and the South Caucasus [Licìnia Simão] 29. The European Neighbourhood Policy and EU–Maghreb relations [Irene Fernández-Molina] 30. EU–Mashreq relations: differentiation, conditionality and security [Peter Seeberg] 31. Israel and Palestine and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Patrick Müller Sharon Pardo] 32. Libya and Syria: at the Ccossroads of European Neighbourhood Policy and EU crisis management [Nicole Koenig] Part V: The European Neighbourhood Policy and sectoral cooperation 33. Deep and comprehensive free trade agreements [Bernard Hoekman] 34. The European Neighbourhood Policy and energy [Bernd Weber] 35. Migration: moving to the centre of the European Neighbourhood Policy [Florian Trauner and Jean-Pierre Cassarino] 36. Counter-terrorism cooperation and the European Neighbourhood Policy [Chantal Lavallée, Sarah Léonard and Christian Kaunert] 37. Aid in the European Neighbourhood Policy [Fabienne Bossuyt, Hrant Kostanyan, Jan Orbie and Bruno Vandecasteele] Part VI: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the promotion of EU norms and values 38. Perceptions of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of its values and norms promotion [Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués] 39. European Neighbourhood Policy mechanisms: conditionality, socialisation and differentiation [Laure Delcour and Eduard Soler i Lecha] 40. Geopolitics and democracy in the European Neighbourhood Policy [Anna Khakee and Richard Youngs] 41. Democracy promotion by functional cooperation [Tina Freyburg and Sandra Lavenex] 42. Human rights in the European Neighbourhood Policy [Rosa Balfour] 43. The European Neighbourhood Policy promotion of civil society [Silvia Colombo and Natalia Shapovalova] Part VII: The European Neighbourhood Policy and future lines of inquiry 44. The European Neighbourhood Policy and Islamist actors in the southern neighbourhood [Michelle Pace and Sarah Wolff] 45. The neighbours of the EU’s neighbours: overcoming geographical silos [Sieglinde Gstöhl and Erwan Lannon] 46. The European Neighbourhood Policy and the CFSP/CSDP: from the European Security Strategy to the Global Strategy [Thomas Henökl]

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