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Bartleby Press The Hague Odyssey
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Taylor & Francis International Organizations
Book SynopsisDrawing on mainstream and critical theoretical approaches, International Organizations offers a comprehensive examination of the role of international organizations in world politics. This text details the types and activities of international organizations and provides students with the conceptual tools needed to evaluate their effectiveness. Surveying key issue areas including security, trade, development, the environment and human rights, International Organizations looks at global governance from a broad range of perspectives.New to the Seventh Edition Inclusion of âœnarrativesâ to complement theoretical approaches to show how facts are used to frame reality and interpret world events. Narratives are used to advocate and build support for particular policies and strategies. Expanded analysis of International Security. New chapter on Global Public Heath with systematic treatment of the Covid 19 pandemic and the role of international organizations in identifying and managing the pandemic. New sections on global finance and international humanitarian law. Updated case studies on Iran and Ukraine. Discussion questions to help students reflect on each chapterâs content.
£87.20
Cambridge University Press Politics and International Law
Book SynopsisInternational law shapes nearly every aspect of our lives. It affects the food we eat, the products we buy, the rights we hold, and the wars we fight. Yet international law is often believed to be the exclusive domain of well-heeled professionals with years of legal training. This text uses clear, accessible writing and contemporary political examples to explain where international law comes from, how actors decide whether to follow international law, and how international law is upheld using legal and political tools. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, this book is accessible to a wide audience and is written for anyone who wants to understand how global rules shape and transform international politics. Each chapter is framed by a case study that examines a current political issue, such as the bombing of Yemen or the use of chemical weapons in Syria, encouraging students to draw connections between theoretical concepts and real-world situations. The chapters are modularTrade Review'This excellent book ties together an impressive array of material from law and political science in an accessible way. The book uses case studies not just to illustrate legal interpretation but also to illuminate how international law affects the practice of state and non-state actors. I strongly recommend it for any course on the politics of international law.' Erik Voeten, Georgetown University'Finally, a textbook on international law that is really geared toward undergraduate international relations and political science students! It delivers the material in a way that is easy to read and understand, and the case examples not only help to drive home key concepts, but are written in a way that makes the text more engaging for both professors and students.' Heather Elko McKibben, University of California, Davis'For years, I have been searching in vain for a textbook for my international institutions classes. Politics and International Law is it! Johns explains legal principles in accurate yet easy to understand language across virtually every issue area governed by international law, and breathes life into the sometimes mundane details of international law through insightful background and colorful case studies.' Jana von Stein, The Australian National University'Leslie Johns has written and compiled an international law casebook that is clear, accessible, and very timely. It will be easy to teach from and engaging for a wide range of students.' Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New AmericaTable of Contents1. Competing perspectives on international law and politics; 2. Making international law; 3. Breaking international law; 4. Upholding international law; 5. Law of the Sea; 6. Trade; 7. Investment; 8. Human rights; 9. Use of force; 10. Armed conflict; 11. Criminal Responsibility; 12. Environmental protection.
£110.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Would the World Be Better Without the UN?
Book SynopsisDo we need the United Nations? Where would the contemporary world be without its largest intergovernmental organization? And where could it be had the UN’s member states and staff performed better?These fundamental questions are explored by the leading analyst of UN history and politics, Thomas G. Weiss, in this hard-hitting, authoritative book. While counterfactuals are often dismissed as academic contrivances, they can serve to focus the mind; and here, Weiss uses them to ably demonstrate the pluses and minuses of multilateral cooperation. He is not shy about UN achievements and failures drawn from its ideas and operations in its three substantive pillars of activities: international peace and security; human rights and humanitarian action; and sustainable development. But, he argues, the inward-looking and populist movements in electoral politics worldwide make robust multilateralism more not less compelling. The selection of António Guterres as the ninth UN secretary-general should rekindle critical thinking about the potential for international cooperation. There is a desperate need to reinvigorate and update rather than jettison the United Nations in responding to threats from climate change to pandemics, from proliferation to terrorism. Weiss tells you why and how.Trade Review"I salute this book because it helps us to understand the crucial importance of the UN in tackling the considerable challenges facing the world today. Tom Weiss has engagingly and honestly asked a very tough question - Would the World Be Better without the UN? His negative reply is an indispensable guide for anyone worried about the future of the planet and of the UN." Kofi A. Annan, former UN Secretary-General "If you can only read one book on the UN, this is it: Why the UN matters, what it needs to do better, and what we need to do to make that happen." Craig Murphy, Wellesley College and University of MassachusettsTable of Contents Contents About the Author Acknowledgments Foreword, Kofi A. Annan List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Building Blocks 1. “Three” United Nations 2. Four UN Ailments Part Two: The World without the UN and Its Ideas and Operations? 3. A More Violent World with Diminished International Peace and Security? 4. A More Repressive and Unkind World with Diminished Human Rights and Humanitarian Action? 5. A More Impoverished and Polluted World with Diminished Development? Part Three: The World with a More Creative and Effective UN? 6. A Less Violent World with More International Peace and Security? 7. A Less Repressive and Unkind World with More Human Rights and Humanitarian Action? 8. A Less Impoverished and Polluted World with More Development? 9. Let’s Be SeriousÑThe UN We Want (and Need) for the World We Want Notes Index
£54.39
University of Arkansas Press NATO and Germany: A Study in the Sociology of
Book SynopsisFocusing on the Cold War years, thismonograph examines the processes, problems, and policies through which the Federal Republic of Germany was formed and admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The author compares the situation of Weimar Germany during its short-lived postwar decade with that of the Federal Republic by applying geopolitical concepts and theory, illustrating Germany’s territorial uniqueness and how that special aspect of its place on the European continent in?uenced the nation’s diplomacy in both eras.During the late 1940s and the 1950s, the problem presented by Germany to the other NATO allies was how to secure and maintain the Federal Republic’s allegiance to the anticommunist alliance without eliminating the country’s desire to be reunited with its Soviet-dominated eastern section. How both NATO and Germany managed to maintain themselves in a state of dynamic equilibrium throughout the era of the Cold War illustrates the concept of international organization called “cooptation,” which Lyman helped to de?ne and expand.The epilogue explores the larger issues that the case study illuminates: global space, national territorialization, collective identity, and ethnocentrism. Considering the current con?ict in the Balkans as it relates to the new Germany and the role of NATO, this far-reaching book is especially relevant with its suggestions for a basic supranational sociology.
£999.99
Kent State University Press NATO before the Korean War: April 1949-1950
Book SynopsisConventional wisdom has the Korean War putting the O in NATO. Prior to that time, from the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949, to the North Korean invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, the Treaty allies were just going through the motions of establishing an organisation. Historian Lawrence Kaplan argues that this is a mistaken view, and he fills significant blanks in the record of 1949 and 1950, which NATO officials and analysts alike have largely ignored.When the Treaty was signed, the United States hailed the end of its isolationist tradition, as it recognised the necessity of devising new means to cope with the menace of Soviet-led Communism. It was interested in creating a new order in the Old World that would open the way to a united Europe. Toward this end, the allies crafted a transatlantic bargain. In its simplest form, the bargain involved a U.S. commitment to rebuild, economically and militarily, a Western Europe devastated by World War II. In exchange for America's abandonment of its customary abstention from Europe, the Western allies would take steps to end Europe s traditional divisions and integrate its resources on every level. The sheer magnitude of the mutual obligations received widespread attention on both sides of the Atlantic as well as within the Communist bloc. The Korean War's impact on the development of the organisation marginalised the prewar history of NATO.Kaplan asserts that the Korean War was not needed to convert the alliance into an organisation, as it was already in place on June 25, 1950. The progress of NATO's development was often improvised and untidy, and the first crude tools of the organisation, as Dean Acheson noted, had been cast by the end of the London meeting of the North Atlantic Council in May 1950. The seeds of major changes took the form of the supreme allied commanders, and a civilian coordinating body could be found in negotiations conducted during the winter and spring of 1950. The origins of the O in NATO are found in the text of the North Atlantic Treaty, in Article 9, under whose auspices new responsibilities were justified.
£61.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Europe Reset: New Directions for the EU
Book SynopsisIn the last decade, the EU has been hit by a series of crises, most recently the UK's decision to leave the union following the Brexit referendum. In light of this, questions have been raised about the need to reform the whole model of European integration, with the aim of making the union more flexible and more accountable. In this book, Richard Youngs proposes an alternative vision of European co-operation and shows how the EU must re-invent itself if it is to survive. He argues that citizens should play a greater role in European decision-making, that there should be radically more flexibility in the process of integration and that Europe needs to take a new, more coherent, approach to questions of defence and security. In proposing this model for a `reset' version of Europe, Youngs reinvigorates the debate around the future of Europe and puts forward a new agenda for the future of the EU.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Confusion’s Masterpiece: The EU’s Poly-Crisis 3. False solutions 4. The democracy problem 5. Europe as a citizens’ project 6. A Compact for European Citizens 7. Divergent Europe: towards radical flexibility 8. A secure Europe? 9. The long road to solidarity
£23.28
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Beyond Brexit: Towards a British Constitution
Book SynopsisBrexit means exit, but what exactly will we be leaving behind? Entry into the European Community in 1973 was a momentous event – one which had seismic effects on the politics and constitution of Britain. Brexit, while equally as momentous, has almost wholly been confined to discussions of economic consequence. But what will happen to the constitution? Beyond Brexit looks for the first time at the impact of Brexit and the constitutional consequences of Britain’s EU membership, raising the question of just how the United Kingdom is to be preserved. In this book, Vernon Bogdanor explores the ever-changing relationship between Britain and the European Union from the original concept of European unity to 21st century Euroscepticism, the fundamental problems confronting Britain on its exit from the European Union, and argues that Brexit is the start of new beginnings – heralding a peaceful constitutional moment.Trade ReviewWhether Brexit will finally provide our "constitutional moment" is impossible to say. But you will not find a better account of why it should. Bogdanor's knowledge is second to none. * Prospect *A thought-provoking take on Brexit and its potential impact on the constitution. * The Edinburgh Law Review *This book should be read by anyone wanting to make sense of the possibilities of constitutional reform in the aftermath of Brexit. * Liverpool Law Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1. Britain and Europe: The Poisoned Chalice. Chapter 2. Europe and the Sovereignty of Parliament. Chapter 3. Europe and the Referendum. Chapter 4. Europe and The Collective Responsibility of Ministers. Chapter 5. Europe and The Rights of the Citizen. Chapter 6. Brexit and Devolution: The Future of the United Kingdom. Chapter 7. Brexit: A Constitutional Moment?
£31.50
Haus Publishing The Peace That Never Was: A History of the
Book SynopsisNinety years ago the League of Nations convened for the first time hoping to settle disputes by diplomacy not war. This book looks at how the League was shaped and the multifaceted body that emerged, and how it was used in ensuing years to counter territorial ambitions and restrict armaments, as well as its role in human rights and refugee issues. The failure of the League to prevent the Second World War would lead to its dissolution and the subsequent creation of the United Nations. Can the UN's fate be ascertained by reading the history of its predecessor?Trade ReviewHenig provides greater depth, and much more authority, than the textbooks. She is a sure, and also an entertaining, guide'. -History Review
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Duncker & Humblot Das Menschenrecht Auf Nahrung in Den Operationen
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Peacebuilding at Home: NATO and Its 'New' Member
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£42.75
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Accountability of International Organizations and
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Transforming International Cooperation: Thoughts
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£38.25
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Talking Democracy at the United Nations: Power,
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£55.50
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Defence in a Changing World: How Defensive Should
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Peeters Publishers A Soul for Europe. On the Cultural and Political
Book SynopsisAfter ten and more years of continuous movement toward integration the European Union and its citizens are confronted with the problem of whether or not to take decisive steps towards the establishment of a full-fledged common polity. This implies a Europe-wide debate (including the future member states) and deliberation process about the values, principles an basic policies that the citizens can perceive as common to everybody. Whatever its relationship to the diversity of existing national and local identities, Europian identity is about the Union's institutions becoming rooted in the "soul" of the citizens, thus receiving democratic legitimacy and support. In these two volumes authors who have a political and intellectual interest in the European process dicuss its unprecedented features as a peaceful and voluntary union of peoples, its understandable delays and less acceptable shortcomings. The first volume is a reader, written in non-academic terms: it discusses the essential components of an European political identity as far as problems like democracy, citizenship, social justice, war and peace, freedom, borders are concerned, also looking at the history of this identity. The second volume is a collection of scientific essays that provide in-depth analysis of fundamental aspects of European cultural identity such as religion, art and economic culture, myth and civil society. The two volumes can be read independently of each other, but it can be expected that readers who become acquainted with one will feel stimulated to reach for the other.
£50.47
NUS Press The ASEAN Charter: A Commentary
Book SynopsisForty years after the Bangkok Declaration, which established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a new document was drafted as a result of “bold and visionary recommendations” of an ASEAN Committee of Eminent Persons. The ASEAN Charter, which came into force in 2008, provides ASEAN’s legal status and institutional framework. In effect, it is a legally binding agreement among the 10 ASEAN Member States. And while the strength of ASEAN’s legal character has yet to be fully tested, the Charter is important as a statement of shared norms and aspirations.Written by one of the persons involved in the negotiations leading to the adoption of the Charter, this meticulously researched publication helps readers navigate the ambiguities of the Charter by detailing an insider’s background, provision by provision, of the debates that went into the making of the ASEAN Charter. It not only explains how the provisions of the Charter came to be drafted, but also how they relate to therealities of diplomatic practice. This volume will be an indispensable reference for scholars, working diplomats, and businesses and institutions that have a stake in ASEAN.
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