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Book SynopsisIn The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way.Trade Review"In a book that is an absorbing mixture of memoir, reportage and investigation, Katz tries to find out how the global relief effort backfired so badly and what happened to the money raised." -Ian Birrell, The World Today "The Big Truck That Went By is supremely valuable for collecting the chatter, statistics and anecdotes into a damning dossier" - London Review of Books 'Katz's blow-by-blow reportage of the quake and its immediate aftermath is riveting. The book's deeper structure offers a concise and accurate history of Haiti from its revolutionary origins to the present day, and a clear and cogent analysis of how and why the massive, expensive effort to rebuild the country after the quake has, for the most part, failed... required reading for anyone who wants to understand Haiti.'-The Nation 'Katz eloquently blends personal anecdotes and Haitian history with in-depth reportage to show how one catastrophe led to so many more, and how, three years later, Haiti has barely moved forward... One hopes that the policymakers involved in helping Haiti read this book and take it to heart.'-Associated Press 'Katz offers a frank insider's guide to Haiti.'-The Financial Times "Compelling ...damning ...wry...This is a book without heroes - not Bill Clinton, the United Nations special envoy to Haiti; not Sean Penn, the Hollywood star who runs a huge camp there; not Rene Preval, the reclusive president; and certainly not the international community and its competing, self-aggrandising NGOs, which got so much so wrong."-The Times 'Katz succeeds in transporting the reader straight into the midst of the events he describes so eloquently, without attempting to gloss over the harshness of everyday life in Haiti, both before and after the earthquake. He provides excellent background information on the country and its society, and his arguments are balanced and nuanced.'-The Boston Globe 'A heartbreaking book.'-The Huffington Post 'A top-notch account of Haiti's recent history, including the January 2010 earthquake, from the only American reporter stationed in the country at the time ...An eye-opening, trailblazing expose.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred) 'Wise, deeply reported... both a primer on how and why reconstructions fail, and an indictment of the benign paternalism that motivates donors, developers, and other do-gooders...a stark, compelling first-person account.'-Justin Peters, Columbia Journalism Review 'Beautifully-written, brave, and riveting, The Big Truck That Went By tells the devastating story of the post-earthquake reconstruction effort in Haiti. Weaving together his personal experiences with the knowledge gained from his intensive investigative report, Katz offers us an autopsy of a global relief effort gone wrong. But the book also offers us a moving portrait of the courage, humor, and vision of the Haitians he worked with, offering a glimpse of the possibilities for a different future. Anyone seeking to understand Haiti's current situation, as well as the broader impasses of our current model of aid, should read this book." - Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History "With lucidity and great humanity, Jonathan Katz has written THE book on Haiti's devastating earthquake and its bungled reconstruction. For anyone who wants to know why the "international community" can't fix anything anymore, but who still hope to find solutions to global problems, this book is a must-read." - Jon Lee Anderson, bestselling author of Che Guevera: a Revolutionary Life 'A brilliant piece of writing... the best description of living through the Haiti quake I've read anywhere.' - Jonathan Alter 'Katz is a great storyteller who enmeshes the reader in a lively web of history, incident, and examples of humanity pushing through disaster, hard luck, iniquity, and triumph to muck it up all over again.' - The judges of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award 'The horror of the catastrophic Haitian earthquake of 2010, the adrenaline rush of being a reporter in the middle of dramatic events, the frustration of watching local politicians and poorly informed outsiders combine to paralyze the recovery effort, and the joy of finding love in the midst of the ruins: it's all here. Katz, the only American journalist on the scene when the earthquake struck, gives us unique insights into the plight of a close neighbor whose fate is vitally connected to our own.'-Jeremy Popkin, author of You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery " Jonathan M. Katz has a passion for the truth. He has shown respect for the people of Haiti by seeking that truth throughout the earthquake and the aftermath... This is an important book, and a page-turner!" - Mark Doyle, BBC correspondent "With every page of Jonathan Katz's book I cringed, grr'ed and couldn't wait to turn for the next revelation. Hubris, America! Thought we could wave a magic wand and save Haiti? Non, merci. Bravo to Katz for telling the real story." - Laurie Garrett, author of I Heard the Sirens Scream 'Jonathan Katz's strength is his unique combination of heart, history and solid reporting, brilliantly married in The Big Truck That Went By. Readers experience the country through his personal roadmap, one that is both sympathetic and yet sharply critical of all that could have gone right, but didn't.' - Kathie Klarreich, author of Madame Dread: A tale of Love, Vodou and Civil Strife in Haiti 'From the exploits of international stars like Sean Penn and native son Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, to the muddled planning that can result in unmitigated disasters like the cholera outbreak caused by insufficiently vaccinated Nepalese peacekeepers, Katz paints a thoroughly researched picture of (mostly) good intentions gone astray, leaving readers suspended somewhere between fragile hope and outright fury.'-The Montreal Gazette 'Excellent...will reward any sensitive, curious reader.'-The Dallas Morning News 'On Jan. 12, AP correspondent Jonathan Katz was about to leave Haiti after two years. He survived through sheer luck, camped out in the courtyard of an intact hotel, and stayed to record the impact of the disaster. His new book The Big Truck That Went By is the single most comprehensive and understandable account of what happened, and why.'-The Tyee 'Katz makes an empathic, likable guide through this grim catalog of how help can harm... His agile, eye-opening firsthand account, engaging persona and sharp criticisms may help reform future relief efforts.'-The Cleveland Plain Dealer '[Katz's] on-the-ground experience makes for a rich account.'-The San Francisco Chronicle 'Katz brings an on-the-ground flavor to his depiction of events that is more vivid than those in the more ponderous tomes published in the wake of the calamity... His minute dissection of the failure of most of the promised aid and the misdirection of much of what did arrive is a valuable contribution to understanding how the international community should respond to such crises in the future.'-The Miami Herald 'Katz presents an engaging first-person account of the quake and the first year of the international response that followed.'-Reason magazine 'Offers a compelling account that is alternately comic and tragic.'-The Louisville Courier-Journal 'Katz was the only American reporter on the ground when the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010...Debunks the assumption that a disaster leads to social disintegration or rioting and observes how media sensationalism prompted unwise giving.'-Publishers Weekly "A captivating look at Haiti's history, people and politics ... a great primer on the challenges of reporting the news in a disaster zone."-June Thomas, Slate book critic "The despair and love of Haiti in one earthquake story."-The New York Times Magazine "Essential... Katz exposes the machinations behind the international reconstruction effort, weaving in a firsthand account of the day of the disaster."-Los Angeles Review of Books "Ultimately, Katz's book is both an eloquent and heartbreaking reminder that it takes much more than good intentions to end a humanitarian crisis."-The Financialist "[Katz] is able somehow to create this story that has intense drama even when there's a press conference with Bill Clinton and some rich donors about how to get money to Haiti ... It's an amazing story of disaster and survival, and then government and bureaucracy, that I'm having trouble thinking of a comparison to ... Just buy it and talk about it with people."-David Weigel, Slate "Julian Fantino, Canada's minister in charge of the Canadian International Development Agency, recently wondered why Haiti, with so many unemployed, is covered in garbage-despite all the aid money that has poured into the country since its devastating 2010 earthquake. He would probably learn a lot from this book."-Michael Petrou, Maclean's "The best book yet on the earthquake and its on-the-ground consequences."-Haiti Support GroupTable of ContentsIntroduction Prologue 1. The End 2. Love Theme from Titanic 3. Blan and Neg 4. The Crossroads In Louisville 5. Spoiled Corn 6. Bon Dola 7. The Governor 8. 'When I Get Older' 9. Sugar Land 10. Miracle Falls 11. Face to Face 12. A Gut Feeling 13. Cardboard Palace 14. All Together Now Epilogue Afterword Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisNeil Archer's original study makes a timely and politically-engaged intervention in debates about national cinema and national identity. Structured around key examples of culturally English cinema' in the years up to and following the UK's 2016 vote to leave the European Union, Cinema and Brexit looks to make sense of the peculiarities and paradoxes marking this era of filmmaking. At the same time as providing a contextual and analytical reading of 21st century filmmaking in Britain, Archer raises critical questions about popular national cinema, and how Brexit has cast both light and shadow over this body of films.Central to Archer's argument is the idea that Brexit represents not just a critical moment in how we will understand future film production, but also in how we will understand production of the recent past. Using as a point of departure the London Olympics opening ceremony of 2012, Cinema and Brexit considers the tensions inherent in a wide range of films, inclTrade ReviewThrough perceptive and nuanced analyses of a refreshingly wide and varied range of British films which, ostensibly, have nothing to do with Brexit, Neil Archer shows how certain forms of popular British cinema have worked to produce an historical imaginary of Britishness (and, in particular, Englishness) that embodies so many of the same cultural assumptions that led to Brexit. An extremely timely book, but also one which deserves a long life on British cinema bookshelves. -- Julian Petley, Professor, Brunel University London, UKThis innovative, well-written, and carefully prepared book may thus be seen as an early intervention in the emerging field of Brexit studies. * MEDIENwissenschaft *Cinema & Brexit challenges renderings of the recent “zeitgeist” to offer an insightful analysis of “popular English cinema” within the globalised film industry. Whether discussing “very British blockbusters” like Bond or “culturally European” family films featuring Paddington, Cinema & Brexit takes a hard look at issues of soft power and ‘soft’ patriotism. Addressing inward-looking myths of resilience alongside inward investment from Hollywood, Neil Archer will change how you think about your favourite films. -- Matt Hills, Professor, University of Huddersfield, United KingdomTable of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements General Editor’s Introduction Introduction: Film through the looking glass 1Film politics: Brexit, brand Britain and soft power 2Comedians and sunscreen: The English holiday film and the idea of Europe 3‘Not to Yield’: Globalization, nation and the epic imagination of English cinema 4Genius of Britain: The English scientist film and other science fictions 5Through a screen, darkly: Austerity genres, Brexit topographies and the precarity of national cinema 6Just follow the bear? StudioCanal, transnational franchises and a European English cinema Conclusion: Longing for yesterday? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book develops a timely analysis of the complex trends and transformations emerging in EU competition law in the current turbulent times.Repeated economic crises, the climate emergency, digitalisation, and geopolitical and democratic threats are all having profound societal and economic effects on the EU. In light of its fundamental role in the Treaties, EU competition law has been called upon to play an important role in responding to this state of ''turbulence''. This brings about significant governance and constitutional challenges, firstly by questioning how the governance of EU competition law is being transformed to respond and adapt. Secondly, these crisis-induced transformations probe the logic and constitutional limits of EU competition law within the framework of EU law. This collection brings together EU institutional and competition lawyers to reflect on the governance and constitutional challenges emerging from the post-modernisation evolution of EU competition law against the backdrop of the recent multiple crises in the EU. The essays focus on the substantive and procedural developments across the three main policy areas of EU competition law: antitrust, merger control and State aid. EU constitutional and competition lawyers will be interested in this important new collection.

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Book SynopsisThis book imagines how Europe might re-organise and re-group after the COVID-19 crisis by assessing its effectiveness when responding to it. For this purpose, it directs its focus on: i) sovereignty challenges; ii) technological challenges and iii) governance challenges. These three challenges do not present hermetic legal problems, they intersect and connect on many levels. The book shows this by examining the relationship between public and private power, and illustrating how the rise of technocratic authority is deeply connected to the choice of technological solutions. It illustrates how constitutional decisions taken during states of emergency give rise to private governance challenges related to cybersecurity and data protection. Experts from the fields of EU governance, data protection, and technology explore these questions to provide answers to how the EU might develop in the future.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the nature of EU's authority? This fascinating book explores this question, and is much needed given the increased scrutiny of the EU's actions in the face of growing nationalism and various other internal and external challenges. By setting out an original account of the preferred moral standard to evaluate such authority, ie demoicratic authority, it illustrates how that standard affects the practical reasoning of those subject to the EU's authority. Theoretically significant, the book also has important practical value as legitimacy challenges in the EU increase. Constitutional lawyers and theorists, as well as political scientists will welcome this innovative new work.

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Book SynopsisKirsten McConnachie is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of East Anglia and Research Associate of the University of Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre, UK. Sarah Singer is Professor of Refugee Law at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and Programme Director of the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, UK.

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Book SynopsisMiodrag Jovanovic is Full Professor of Law at the University of Belgrade, Serbia.Ana Zdravkovic is Research Assistant at Institute of Comparative Law, Serbia.

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Book SynopsisThe standard work in its field, this updated and expanded edition presents an eminently practical "nuts-and-bolts" guide to international human rights law and practice. The contributors, all specialists in their areas of expertise, offer a panoramic yet meticulously detailed survey of the many techniques now available to protect human rights at global, regional, and national levels. Appendices include a bibliographic essay that serves as a mini-guide to contemporary human rights literature, in both print and on-line sources. Published under the auspices of the Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute (PAIL). Paperback version of this title is available for classroom adoption only at cost of $25.00/copy, 10 copy minimum. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Part I. Preliminary Considerations; 1. An Overview of International Human Rights Law, RICHARD B. BILDER; 2. Implementing Human Rights: An Overview of NGO Strategies and Available Procedures, HURST HANNUM; Part II. International Procedures for Making Human Rights Complaints Within the UN System; 3. Treaty-Based Procedures for Making Human Rights Complaints Within the UN System, SI N LEWIS-ANTHONY AND MARTIN SCHEININ; 4. United Nations Non-Treaty Procedures for Dealing with Human Rights Violations; NIGEL RODLEY AND DAVID WEISSBRODT; 5. Human Rights Complaint Procedures of the International Labor Organization, LEE SWEPSTON; 6. The Complaint Procedure of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, STEPHEN P. MARKS; Part III Regional Systems for the Protection of Human Rights; 7. The Inter-American Human Rights System, DINAH L. SHELTON; 8. Council of Europe, OSCE, and European Union, KEVIN BOYLE; 9. The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, CEES FLINTERMAN AND EVELYN ANKUMAH; Part IV Other Techniques and Forums forProtecting Rights; 10. International Reporting Procedures, STEPHANIE FARRIOR; 11. Quasi-Legal Standards and Guidelines for Protecting Human Rights, JIRI TOMAN; 12. The International and National Protection of Refugees, MARYELLEN FULLERTON; 13. The Role of Domestic Courts in Enforcing International Human Rights Law, RALPH STEINHARDT; Appendixes; A. Bibliographic Essay; B. Checklist to Help Select the Most Appropriate Forum; C. Model Communication; D. Addresses of Intergovernmental Organizations; E. Ratifications of Selected Human Rights Instruments; F. Citations for Major International Human Rights Instruments; Contributors; Index; Contents.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: International organizations, between international relations and organizational theory.- Chapter 1. Organizations from the standpoint of international relations: concerns of agency, autonomy, and accountability.- Chapter 2: Organizations as Systems: IOs adapting to systemic effects and the impossibility of full control.- Chapter 3. Organizations as structured games of power and conflict: IOs and the end of bureaucratic pathologies.- Chapter 4. Organizations as structured games of power and conflict: IOs and the end of bureaucratic pathologies.- Chapter 5. Organizations and institutions: IOs decisions, adjustments, and transformation within the context of the technical-political discourse in the international arena.- Conclusions. IOs as organizations: successful collaboration and cross-pollination between IR and OT.

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Book SynopsisIn a historic decision at its Copenhagen Conference in June 1993, the European Union gave the green light to an eastward expansion. Initially, invitations to join the EU went out to just six countries of the former Soviet bloc: Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak republics, Romania, and Bulgaria. However, it was not long before there was a queue of other applicants from Eastern Europe pressing at the EU’s gates. There were real fears in some quarters that the economic reforms demanded for entry into the EU would bring about more ‘shock’ than ‘therapy’ in Eastern Europe, and that a rapid move to the market would undermine support for democracy. This volume of essays, by a group of internationally recognised experts, focuses on the eastward expansion of the European Union and the EU’s relations with the applicant states. The primary aim of the volume is to provide a historical and analytical account of the enlargement process and to provide readers with a scholarly road map to guide them through the intricacies of the rapidly changing enlargement terrain. After region-wide studies of the enlargement process, there are case studies of eight countries: Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, and Estonia.

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Book SynopsisThe EU and Territorial Politics Within Member States draws on case studies from Germany, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Ireland and Italy to address the question: Does the European Union create new conflicts among territorial entities within member states or provide new avenues for the resolution of conflicts between them?Table of ContentsThe Domestic Politics of Regionalism and European Integration: Introduction, Angela K. Bourne The Europeanisation of Intergovernmental Co-operation and Conflict Resolution in Belgium: The Case of Agriculture, Jan Beyers, Tom Delreux and Caroline Steensels European Integration and Intra-State Relations in Germany and the United Kingdom, Rosanne Palmer Conflict and Co-operation in EU policy-making: The Case of Catalonia, Elisa Roller European Integration and Conflict Resolution in the Basque Country, Northern Ireland and Cyprus, Angela K. Bourne The Region between the State and Nation: British and Irish Conceptions of Northern Ireland as a European Region, Katy Hayward INTERREG III and Cross-Border Co-operation in the Island of Ireland, Brigid Laffan and Diane Payne European Integration and Multiple Identities: Changing Allegiances in the Post-Devolution UK?, Jenny Carl The Politics of the Northern League and Italy's Changing Attitude Towards Europe, Benito Giordano The EU, Conflict and Co-operation within Member States: Conclusion, Angela K. Bourne List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisCentral to the current development debate is the importance of human welfare in the context of group conflict. When considering ethnic, racial and religious conflict, this debate draws us toward a 'political economy' of conflict. Moreover, notions of an economic paradigm have become prominent when international organizations debate conflict prevention. In looking closer at the political economy of conflict, this publication argues the need to assimilate into our thinking distinct social and ethical economies of conflict prevention. A social economy of conflict prevention considers the interplay of economic with structural and cultural factors in conflict, explaining a much neglected category of conflict, i.e. hidden conflict. The ethical economy of conflict prevention considers implicit ethical statements development practitioners use. From these statements arise ethical paradoxes that influence the evolving economic paradigm, in such way as to contradict one of its intrinsic desires, namely, to restrict conflict prevention strategies to effective technical interventions. Eventually, such narrow focus on technical interventions could identify this evolving paradigm as an 'economical' paradigm. In contrast, a rethinking of the ethical economy of conflict prevention provides a useful tool for international organizations when implementing a human rights-based approach to development and long-term conflict prevention.

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Book SynopsisThe book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. The administrative system of the European Union is described as a hybrid between a traditional national and an international administration. In the analysis three distinct theoretical perspectives are used (a structural, a procedural and a cultural), thus ensuring that a broad variety of factors are included. Furthermore, in the analysis the administration is seen from the perspective of an individual Eurocrat, but, simultaneously, the overall institutional perspective is maintained by a focus on the effects of the special characteristics of the administrative practices on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administration.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Part I. Concepts, Theories, and Context of the EU Administration Chapter 2. The EU’s administration – a political hybrid between a national and an international administration; Chapter 3. Organizational Theories and the EU administration; Chapter 4. The EU Administration in Context Part II. Administration and Institutions of the European Union Chapter 5: Staffing the EU institutions; Chapter 6: The Commission – Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture; Chapter 7: The Council of Ministers – Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture; Chapter 8: Perspectives – Efficiency and legitimacy of the EU administration

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Book SynopsisInternationally operating nongovernmental organisations, NGOs, are increasingly involved in international politics and policy making. In many respects their involvement resembles activities and policies that, until recently, were typical of traditional national authorities. This book is about the reasons for which NGOs can and the reasons for which NGOs cannot be considered as rightful participants in international governance. It tries to deliver rationally defensible starting points for the discussion and the assessment of claims for the legitimacy of their organizations and activities. The book focuses on the question: What conditions must ideally be met for an organization to be called truthfully legitimate, be it or be it not as a matter of fact perceived as legitimate by the public? This does not mean that empirically descriptive questions are left aside. Practical feasibility is important even to a thoroughly normative conception of legitimacy. For that reason and for heuristic purposes, large parts of this book are dedicated to the ways in which NGOs and stakeholders perceive NGO legitimacy.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Anton Vedder; Chapter 1 Questioning the Legitimacy of Non-Governmental Organizations Anton Vedder; Chapter 2 Perceptions of the Legitimacy of International NGOs Vivien Collingwood and Louis Logister; Chapter 3 Internet Activities of NGOs and Legitimacy Anke van Gorp; Chapter 4 A Step Beyond: Technologically Enhanced Interactivity and Legitimacy Corien Prins; Chapter 5. Regulatory Legitimacy of the Role of NGOs in Global Governance: Legal Status and Accreditation Peter van den Bossche; Chapter 6 What Makes an NGO ‘Legitimate’ in the Eyes of States? Menno T. Kamminga; Chapter 7 Towards a Defensible Conceptualization of the Legitimacy of NGOs Anton Vedder; About the Authors; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is the second updated English edition of the German "Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen". The book provides in addition to concise and comprehensive information on the UN system, insight into recent UN developments and reform efforts in the face of global opportunities and challenges, such as the Millennium Summit 2000 and World Summit 2005, and the establishment of important new UN organs, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in 2006. The contributing authors are academic scholars of international law, economics and political sciences; active and former diplomats and UN officials; journalists and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and offer a variety of interesting perspectives.Trade Review"Although being general and concise, the editor has not compromised on the quality of information. The list of contributing authors contains internationally renowned scholars and experts in particular fields of international law and/or UN topics...The list of contributing authors reveals that the editor has also been able to solicit the cooperation of both scholars as well as practitioners, and contributions from various disciplines and fields of studies. This feature ... makes the Encyclopedia attractive for a broad readership. All entries are equally easy to read; specific prior knowledge is not required. ...The Encyclopedia will definitely further the knowledge of and insight in the UN under a broader public ... It is the ideal reference book." Math Noortmann, Oxford Brookes University, Review in: Humanitares Volkerrecht - Informationsschriften, No. 3-2011. "With the encyclopedia Volger fills a gap/supplies a need in the introductory UN literature since there is nothing comparable to be found in the Anglo-American scientific scene ..." Anja Papenfuss; Vereinte Nationen (No. 1-2012). "We owe thanks to Helmut Volger for taking up the time-consuming and challenging enterprise of creating such comprehensive as well as easily comprehensible encyclopedia and for keeping it up to date. Thus he contributes his share to promote the adequate perception of the German-speaking UN research in the Anglo-American scientific scene." Anja Papenfuss, Vereinte Nationen (No. 1-2012).Table of ContentsContents Introduction How to use this book Abbreviations Africa as Topic in the UN (Konrad Melchers) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Agenda for Development (Klaus Hüfner) Agenda for Peace (Erwin A. Schmidl) Aggression, Definition of (Ulrich Fastenrath) Budget (Klaus Hüfner) Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (Mir A. Ferdowsi) Addendum ( Antje Hennings) Charter of the UN (Manfred Knapp) Collective Security (Peter J. Opitz) Addendum (Irene Weinz) Committees, System of (Helmut Volger) Common Heritage of Mankind (Gregor Kolk) Addendum (Christian J. Tams) Control Mechanisms in the UN, External and Internal (Klaus Hüfner) Coordination in the UN System (Dieter Göthel) CSD – Commission on Sustainable Development (Jürgen Maier) Decolonization (Heike Henn) Addendum (Sally Morphet) Democratization and the UN (Jens Naumann) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Depository Libraries (Ramona Kohrs) Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Positions of the German Parties towards the UN (Wolfgang Ehrhart) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament), Subcommittee on the United Nations (Eberhard Brecht / Wolfgang Ehrhart) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Development Concepts, Development Research (Inge Kaul) Development Cooperation of the UN System (Inge Kaul) Disarmament (Hans Günter Brauch) Documentation System (Ramona Kohrs) Economic Commissions, Regional (Peter Tobias Stoll) ECOSOC – Economic and Social Council (Wolfgang Spröte) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Electoral Assistance (Simone Schwanitz) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Enemy State Clauses (Jörn Axel Kämmerer) Environmental Law, International (Ulrich Beyerlin / Jenny Grote) Environmental Protection (Jürgen Maier) European Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy at the UN (Hans Arnold) Addendum (Frank Hoffmeister) FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization (Barbara Hofner) Addendum (Friederike Hoffmann) Financial Crises (Klaus Hüfner) General Assembly (Jürgen Heideking †) Addendum (Reinhard Wesel) Geneva Group (Günther Altenburg) Addendum (Helmut Volger) German Translation Section (Ruprecht Paqué) Globalization (Sabine von Schorlemer) Addendum (Thomas Fues) Group of 77 and the UN (Mir A. Ferdowsi) Addendum (Sally Morphet) Groups and Groupings in the UN (Ingo Winkelmann) History of the Foundation of the UN (Helmut Volger) History of the UN (Helmut Volger) Host State Agreements (Hans-Joachim Heintze) Human Development Reports (Stephan Klingebiel / Marius Hildebrand) Human Rights (Norman Weiß) Human Rights, Protection of (Theo van Boven) Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for (Alfred de Zayas) Human Rights, Universal Declaration of (Peter J. Opitz) Addendum (Norman Weiß) Human Rights Committee (Eckart Klein) Human Rights Conventions and their Measures of Implementation (Martina Haedrich) Human Rights Conventions, CAT – Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Martina Haedrich) Human Rights Conventions, CCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Eckart Klein) Human Rights Conventions, CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling) Human Rights Convention, CERD – International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Martina Haedrich) Human Rights Conventions, CESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Eckart Klein) Human Rights Conventions, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Martina Haedrich) Human Rights Conventions, CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child (Joachim Betz) Human Rights Council (Helmut Volger) Humanitarian Assistance (Gita Swamy Meier-Ewert) Humanitarian Law, International (Hans-Joachim Heintze) IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency (Marc Schattenmann) Addendum (Helmut Volger) ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization (Helmut Volger) ICC – International Criminal Court (Sabine von Schorlemer) ICJ – International Court of Justice (Karin Oellers-Frahm) Addendum (Karin Oellers-Frahm) ILC – International Law Commission (Bruno Simma) ILO – International Labour Organization (Christian Jetzlsperger) IMF – International Monetary Fund (Martina Metzger) IMO – International Maritime Organization (Helmut Volger) Independent Commissions, Reports of (Heike Henn) Addendum (Thomas Fues) INSTRAW – International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (Andreas Blätte) Addendum (Irene Weinz) International Economic Relations and New International Economic Order (NIEO) (Mir A. Ferdowsi) Addendum (Thomas Fues) International Law and the UN (Martina Haedrich) International Organizations, Theory of (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Fröhlich) Internet, Websites of the UN System in the (Peter M. Schulze / Helmut Volger) Intervention, Prohibition of (Isabelle Reinery) Addendum (Markus Pallek) ITLOS – International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon) ITU – International Telecommunication Union (Helmut Volger) Languages (Ruprecht Paqué) Languages, Official (Ruprecht Paqué) Languages, Working (Ruprecht Paqué) Law of the Sea (Stefan Talmon) League of Nations (Jost Dülffer) Membership and Representation of States (Stefan Talmon) Minorities, Protection of (Ekkehard Strauss) NGOs – Non-Governmental Organizations (Peter M. Schulze / Helmut Volger) Non-Aligned Movement and the UN (Wolfgang Spröte) Addendum (Sally Morphet) North-South Relations and the UN (Joachim Betz) Observers (Erwin A. Schmidl) Observer Status (Anne-Kathrin Dippel) Peace, Peace Concept, Threat to Peace (Karlheinz Koppe) Peaceful Settlement of Disputes (Norbert Ropers) Addendum (Daniela Körppen) Peacekeeping (Brian Urquhart) Peacekeeping Forces (Manfred Eisele) Peacekeeping Operations (Erwin A. Schmidl) Permanent Missions (Andrea Roth) Personnel (Dieter Göthel) Preventive Diplomacy (Norbert Ropers) Addendum (Daniela Körppen) Principal Organs, Subsidiary Organs, Treaty Bodies (Helmut Volger) Public Information of the UN (Axel Wüstenhagen) Addendum (Helmut Volger) Public Opinion and the UN (Reinhard Wesel) Publications (Ramona Kohrs) Reform of the UN (Klaus Dicke / Manuel Fröhlich) Regional Groups in the UN (Ingo Winkelmann) Regionalization (Birgit Reichenstein) Addendum (Irene Weinz) Research about the UN (Günther Unser) Resolution, Declaration, Decision (Bardo Fassbender) Rules of Procedure (General Assembly, Security Council) (Bardo Fassbender) Sanctions (Manfred Kulessa) Secretariat (Helmut Volger) Secretary-General (Helmut Volger) Security Council (Ingo Winkelmann) Self-Determination, Right of (Hans-Joachim Heintze) Sovereignty (Bardo Fassbender) Space Law (Hans-Joachim Heintze) Specialized Agencies (Klaus Hüfner) Stamps (Ruprecht Paqué) Terminology (Ruprecht Paqué) Trade, International Law of (Jörn Axel Kämmerer) Treaties, Law of (Brigitte Reschke) Trusteeship Council (Helmut Volger) UNCITRAL – United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (Patrick Oliver Ott) Addendum (Felix Boor) UNCIVPOL – United Nations Civilian Police (Erwin A. Schmidl) UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Mir A. Ferdowsi) Addendum (Thomas Fues) UNDP – United Nations Development Programme (Stephan Klingebiel / Marius Hildebrand) UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme (Jürgen Maier) UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Klaus Hüfner) UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund (Manfred Kulessa) UN Guards (Erwin A. Schmidl) UN-HABITAT (Helmut Volger) UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Athar Sultan-Khan) UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund (Jana Mittermaier) Addendum (Helmut Volger) UNIDIR – United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Sverre Lodgaard) UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Manfred Kulessa) UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women (Andreas Blätte) Addendum (Sabrina Neutz) UN in Bonn (Helmut Volger) UNITAR – United Nations Institute for Training and Research (Marina Walter / Daniela Bottigelli) Uniting for Peace Resolution (Helmut Volger) Universality (Bardo Fassbender) UN Office Geneva (Hans J. Lassen / Egbert C. Kaltenbach) UN Office Nairobi (Helmut Volger) UN Office New York (Helmut Volger) UN Office Vienna (Helmut Volger) UN Policy, China (Oskar Weggel) UN Policy, France (Ursula Stiel) Addendum (Thérèse Gastaut) UN Policy, German Democratic Republic (Bernhard Neugebauer) Addendum (Bernhard Neugebauer) UN Policy, Germany (Hans Arnold) Addendum (Helmut Volger) UN Policy, Japan (Günther Unser) Addendum (Günther Unser) UN Policy, Russian Federation (Günther Unser) UN Policy, United Kingdom (Alexander Theodoridis / Gregor Kolk) Addendum (Jochen Prantl) UN Policy, USA (Frank Zitka) Addendum (Jochen Prantl) UNRWA – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Hans Peter Kotthaus) Addendum (Denise Junker) UN Simulations, Model United Nations (Reinhard Wesel) UN System (Klaus Hüfner) UNTS – United Nations Treaty Series (Claudia Shirin Weisser / Sherry Holbrook) UNU – United Nations University (Klaus Hüfner) UNV – United Nations Volunteers (Manfred Kulessa) UNWTO – World Tourism Organization (Helmut Volger) UPU – Universal Postal Union (Helmut Volger) Use of Force, Prohibition of (Brigitte Reschke) Veto, Right of Veto (Volker Löwe) Addendum (Christian J. Tams) Voting Right and Decision-Making Procedures (Bardo Fassbender) WFC – World Food Council (Barbara Hofner) Addendum (Friederike Hoffmann) WFP – World Food Programme (Barbara Hofner) Addendum (Friederike Hoffmann) WFUNA – World Federation of United Nations Associations (Klaus Hüfner) WHO – World Health Organization (Wilfried Kreisel) WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization (Helmut Volger) WMO – World Meteorological Organization (Helmut Volger) Women and the UN (Sonja Wölte) World Bank (IBRD), World Bank Group (IFC/IDA/MIGA/ICSD) (Martina Metzger) World Conferences (Franz Nuscheler) World Reports (Helmut Volger) WTO – World Trade Organization, GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Peter Tobias Stoll) Charter of the United Nations List of the Member States of the United Nations Information Facilities of the United Nations UN Documentation System Contributing Authors Index

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Book SynopsisSince 1945, the United Nations has had an internal justice system to handle internal disputes and examine employee conformity with its rules of governance. Based on an exhaustive analysis of 3,067 judgements, advisory opinions, and General Assembly debates on the issue, The Internal Justice of the United Nations offers an unparalleled account of the system’s effectiveness and shortcomings over its seventy year history.

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Book SynopsisThe European Union in the World: Essays in Honour of Marc Maresceau is dedicated to the academic career of Marc Maresceau, a world-renowned expert in EU external relations law and pioneer in EU enlargement and neighbourhood studies. With a special focus on the post-Lisbon legal framework of EU external action, the book builds further upon the implementation of the reforms initiated by the Lisbon Treaty to offer virtually all-encompassing analysis of EU external relations law by top-level specialists.Table of ContentsPreface by Inge Govaere, Erwan Lannon, Peter Van Elsuwege and Stanislas Adam Foreword by Hubert Bocken Foreword by Paul Demaret Foreword by Jean Raux Foreword by Guy Schrans List of contributors List of abbreviations and accronyms Part I: General Principles of EU External Action A. Dashwood The Continuing Bipolarity of EU External Action A. Rosas Exclusive, Shared and National Competence in the Context of EU External Relations: Do Such Distinctions Matter? K. Lenaerts Direct Applicability and Direct Effect of International Law in the EU Legal Order S. Adam The Legal Basis of International Agreements of the European Union in the Post-Lisbon Era P. Eeckhout The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as an Integral Part of EU Law - Some Reflections on Status and Effect C. Kaddous Loyauté du commerce, moyen de défense des intérêts des Etats membres et de l’Union européenne Part II: The Institutional Framework of EU External Action P.-C. Müller-Graff The European External Action Service: Challenges in a Complex Institutional Framework R. Wessel Can the EU Replace its Member States in International Affairs? An International Law Perspective C. Rapoport La procédure de conclusion des accords externes de l’Union européenne : quelle unité après Lisbonne ? J. Devuyst The European Parliament and International Trade Agreements: Practice after the Lisbon Treaty J.-V. Louis The Euro Area and Multilateral Financial Institutions and Bodies Part III: EU External Action In Practice: Contemporary Issues J. Wouters, J. Odermatt and T. Ramopoulos The Status of the European Union at the United Nations General Assembly I. Govaere Novel Issues Pertaining to EU Member States Membership of other International Organisations: the OIV case F. Jacobs Member States of the European Union before the International Court of Justice F. Dehousse La juridiction unifiée du brevet: le nouvel oxymoron du droit européen C. Blumann La singularité de la décision dans le domaine de la Politique étrangère et de sécurité commune C. Flaesch-Mougin et I. Bosse-Platière L'application provisoire des accords de l’Union européenne P. Mengozzi Complémentarité et coopération entre la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne et les juges nationaux en matière de séjour dans l’Union des citoyens d’Etats tiers E. Somers The Costa Concordia Incident and Liability for Passenger Damage: An International and European Law Approach Part IV: The External Dimension of EU Competition Policy A.-M. Van den Bossche EU Competition Law in 3D J. Bourgeois Competition Policy: the Poor Relation in the European Union Free Trade Agreements P.-J. Slot Bilateral Treaties in the Field of Competition Law T. Joris The European Economic Area and State Aid Part V: The EU’s Bilateral Relations with Third Countries P. Van Elsuwege The Legal Framework of EU-Russia Relations: Quo Vadis? G. Burghardt The Transatlantic Partnership: A Legal and Institutional Appraisal P. Vlaemminck The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Implications in the First Year of Implementation Part VI: The Enlargement and Proximity Policies of the European Union E. Lannon Elargissements et politiques de proximité de l’UE : libres propos sur l’intégration différenciée J.-C. Gautron Libres propos sur les élargissements de l'Union européenne P. Balázs Enlargement Conditionality of the European Union and Future Prospects D. Kochenov Overestimating Conditionality C. Hillion Enlarging the European Union and its Fundamental Rights Protection P. Xuereb Universal Human Rights and EuroMed – An Agenda J. Czuczai Accession to the EU, but to which EU? The Legal Impact of the Constantly Evolving EMU acquis on the EU Enlargement Process A. Tovias The End of Spheres of Influence by Encroachment of Rivals: The Case of the EU and the US Index

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Book SynopsisAs in previous years the Yearbook offers in-depth articles on issues such as Human Rights, UN organs and Commissions as well as questions of international law in connection with the United Nations. The core of authors proves to be a well balanced mix between young scholars and professors from all over Europe.Table of ContentsContents Charlesworth, Hilary/ Chinkin, Christine, The New United Nations “Gender Architecture”: A Room with a View? Schladebach, Marcus, Space Debris as a Legal Challenge Hilpold, Peter, The League of Nations and the Protection of Minorities – Rediscovering a Great Experiment Hansen, Thomas O. , Reflections on the ICC Prosecutor’s Recent “Selection Decisions” Kateka, James L. , Advisory Proceedings before the Seabed Disputes Chamber and before the ITLOS as a Full Court Possi, Ally, The East African Court of Justice: Towards Effective Protection of Human Rights in the East African Community Hensgen, Leonie, Corruption and Human Rights – Making the Connection at the United Nations LL.M. Theses: Durney, Mariana, Legal Effects and Implications of the Denunciation of the ICSID Convention on Unilateral Consent Contained in Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Perspective from Latin American Cases Nilo Donoso, Pablo, Carbon Sequestration and Storage: Legal Implications of a Possible Solution to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Mining Industry Book Reviews

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Book SynopsisPeacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific explores the politics, challenges, and future of UN peacekeeping operations from the Asia-Pacific. The first section looks at contributions from the sub-regions: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. The second section of the book looks at individual country case studies including: Australia, Solomon Islands, Japan, and Thailand. The third, and concluding, section consists of a theoretical summary on the central conceptual theme of Asian motivations for PKO contributions. This content was originally published in vols. 18:3-4 and 19:3-4 of the Journal of International Peacekeeping.Table of Contents1 Introduction: The Politics, Challenges, and Future of UN Peacekeeping Contributions from the Asia-Pacific Boris Kondoch and Brendan Howe 2 Northeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: China, Japan, Korea Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch 3 Southeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: Indonesia and Malaysia Alistair D. B. Cook 4 South Asian Regionalism and UN Peacekeeping Missions: A Case of ‘and Never the Twain Shall Meet’? Rashed Uz Zaman and Niloy Ranjan Biswas 5 Australia and Peacekeeping Peter Londey 6 RAMSI Ten Years On: from Post-Conflict Stabilisation to Development in Solomon Islands? Sinclair Dinnen 7 All-Japan Approach to International Peace Operations Yuji Uesugi 8 Thailand’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping Missions: the Reciprocal Transference of Expertise and Norms Keokam Kraisoraphong and Brendan Howe 9 Why Contribute? Understanding Motivations for Troop Contribution to Peace Operations Xenia Azenov Index

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Book SynopsisEast African Community Law provides a comprehensive and open-access text book on EAC law. Written by leading experts, including the president of the EACJ, national judges, academics and practitioners, it provides the most complete overview to date of this increasingly important field. Uniquely, the book also provides a systematic comparison with EU law. EU companion chapters provide concise overviews of EU law and its development, offering valuable inspiration for the application and further development of EAC law. The book has been written for all practitioners, judges, civil servants, academics and students faced with questions of EAC law. It discusses institutional, substantive and jurisdictional issues, including the nature of EAC law, free movement and competition law as well as the reception of EAC law in Partner States.

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Book SynopsisA Future without Borders (FWB) offers an explanation of why the recent, but by now distant, movements of the “Occupy Wall Street” activists have repeated themselves across the globe. The book demonstrates some of the processes inherent to an adapting cosmopolitanism (a call for civility, a call for Justice, a call for a collective responsibility or accountability) that is not individualistic in nature. Until recently, the statal/national problems understood as politico-economic failures were conceived as isolated problems, failures of statal institutions that are particular to certain countries. FWB contests the Westphalian logic that explains these circumstances, as national failures and argues instead that the conditions be assessed as extensions of the global economic and ideological failures that they surely are. Contributors are: Anton Allahar, Arnold Farr, Andrew Fiala, Pierre-André Gagnon, Bill Gay, Kurtis Hagen, Linden F. Lewis, Tracey Nicholls, Richard T. Peterson, Jorge Rodriguez, Eddy M. Souffrant, and Hilbourne A. Watson.     Table of ContentsI. Introduction Peace and Cosmopolitanism: On Imagining a Future without Borders Eddy M. Souffrant II. Theorizing the need for cosmopolitanism Cosmopolitanism, Anarchism, and Injustice at the Border Andrew Fiala Sovereignty and Instances of Violence: Colonial and neo-Colonial moments Anton Allahar If Only They Were Money: Plights and Flights of Environmental Refugees Tracey Nicholls III. Theorizing paths to cosmopolitanism Global Capitalism, Sovereign State Violence, and Human Insecurity Hilbourne Watson Violence in Latin America: Cultural Convergences for an Ethical Communitarianism Jorge M. Rodríguez-Martínez Sovereignty and the Realm of the Social Linden Lewis Project for a New Confucian Century Kurtis Hagen IV. Unclenching fists and reaching out to the world Inheriting Wrong Life and One-Dimensional Politics: Obama, Messianism, and the Role of Prophetic Critique Arnold L. Farr The Senate against Obama’s International Climate Ambitions Pierre-André Gagnon The “Browning of Terror” during the Obama Years: Linking of Queer, Black, Brown & Foreign Bodies to Terrorism William C. Gay Nonviolence in an Age of Political Catastrophe Richard Peterson Biographies of Contributors Bibliographies

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Book SynopsisInternational organizations are typically intergovernmental in nature and endowed with a bipolar institutional structure where organs of States are usually juxtaposed with the Secretariat. On these premises, in Non-Governmental Interests in Regional Organizations: The Role of Parliamentary, Socio-Economic and Territorial Institutions Elisa Tino aims at analysing the unexplored phenomenon of institutional multipolarism of regional organizations, namely the trend to establish institutions representing non-governmental interests. Particularly, illustrating their diffusion in various geographic areas, explaining rationales underlying their establishment and investigating their institutional aspects, Elisa Tino pinpoints the contribution of these institutions to the development of regional organizations both according to the functionalist approach and the constitutionalist one. Thus, she aims at providing food for thought in the study of international organizations.

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Book SynopsisThis work, Shared Water Resources in West Africa: Relevance and Application of the UN Watercourses and UNECE Water Conventions, addresses the question of whether riparian states in West Africa need to be parties to both the UN Watercourses Convention and the UNECE Water Convention, both of which have influenced current water regimes in the region. The initial transboundary water instruments in the region dealt primarily with navigation, later agreements addressed the need for cooperation, while recent regimes incorporate other principles of international water law articulated in the UN water treaties Although only six out of its numerous shared watercourses are currently regulated by legal instruments, West Africa contributed through these agreements to the development of international water prior to the adoption of the UN Watercourses and the UNECE Water Conventions in the 1990s.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Shared Water Resources in West Africa: Relevance and Application of the UN Watercourses and the UNECE Water Conventions  Nwamaka Chigozie Odili  Abstract  Keywords  Introduction  1.0 Transboundary Water Systems in West Africa  2.0 Understanding the UN Watercourses Convention and the 1992 UNECE Water Convention  3.0 Current Transboundary Treaty Architecture in West Africa (Post 1990)  4.0 Assessment of the UNECE Water Convention Framework of Implementation from the West African Perspective  Conclusion  Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this monograph, Aistė Mickonytė examines the compliance of the European anti-cartel enforcement procedure with the presumption of innocence under Article 6(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The author maintains that the pursuit of manifestly severe punishment with insistence of the European Commission on administrative-level procedural safeguards is inconsistent with the robust standards of protection under the Convention. Arguing that EU anti-cartel procedure is criminal within the meaning of the Convention, this work considers this procedure in light of the core elements of the presumption of innocence such as the burden of proof and the principle of fault. The author zeroes in on the de facto automatic liability of parental companies for offences committed by their subsidiaries.Trade Review'The book undoubtedly highlights the importance of the presumption of innocence in the debate on the acceptability of the EU level doctrine of parental liability for antitrustviolations,and for that its author should be applauded.' Peter Whelan, Common Market Law Review Volume 57, Issue 3 (2020) pp. 958 – 960.

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Book SynopsisIn Petulant and Contrary: Approaches by the Permanent Five Members of the UN Security Council to the Concept of 'threat to the peace' under Article 39 of the UN Charter Tamsin Phillipa Paige conducts a critical discourse analysis of UN Security Council meetings in relations to ‘threat to the peace’. She then synthesises these case studies to demonstrate how each member of the P5 defines the phrase.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements Introductory Overview Part 1: Theory and Methodology 1 Law and Politics in the Time of the Prohibition on the Use of Force 2 Critical Discourse Analysis and Case Study Selection Part 2: Case Studies 3 Spain 1946 (Resolutions 4 (1946), 7 (1946) and 10 (1946)) 4 Palestine 1948 (Resolution 54 (1948)) 5 5Portuguese African Territories 1963 Portuguese African Territories 1963 (Resolution 180 (1963)) 6 Apartheid in South Africa 1963–77 (Resolutions 181, 182 (1963), 190, 191 (1964), 282 (1973), 311 (1972), 417 and 418 (1977)) 7 Vietnamese Intervention into Cambodia 1978–79 8 US–Iran Hostage Crisis 1979 (Resolutions 457 and 461 (1979)) 9 Namibian Occupation by South Africa 1981–83 (Resolutions 457 and 461 (1979)) 10 Repression of a Civilian Population – Iraq 1991 (Resolution 688 (1991)) 11 Civil War in Yugoslavia 1991 (Resolution 713 (1991)) 12 The Coup in Haiti 1991–93 (Resolution 841) 13 Extradition of Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Suspects and Access to Information Related to UTA Flight 772 Bombing, 1992 (Resolutions 731 and 748 (1992)) 14 Rwandan Civil War and Genocide 1993–94 (Resolutions 812 (1993), 846 (1993), 872 (1993), 893 (1994), 909 (1994), 912 (1994), and 918 (1994)) 15 Afghanistan 1999 (Resolution 1267) 16 East Timor Intervention 1999 (Resolution 1264) 17 Small Arms Trade (Resolution 2117 and the Arms Trade Treaty) 18 AIDSEpidemic in Africa and Peacekeeping Operations 2000–05 19 Non-Proliferation of wmds: Resolutions 1441 (2002), 1540 (2004), 1696 (2006), 1718 (2006) 20 UK and US Use of Force against Iraq 2003 21 Sexual Violence as a Tactic of War: ‘Women and Peace and Security’, and ‘Children and Armed Conflict’ (Resolutions 1820 (2008), 1882 (2009), 1888 (2009), and 1960 (2010)) 22 Piracy: Somalia and Gulf of Guinea 23 Civil War in Syria 24 Chemical Weapons Resolution 2118 Part 3: Meta-synthesis 25 Meta-Synthesis Overview 26 General Meta-Synthesis Observations 27 Team America: World Police? 28 London Calling 29 Vive la France 30 From Russia with Love 31 Enter the Dragon Conclusion Annex Potential Case Studies Coding Results Tables Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The European Commission of the Danube, 1856-1948 Constantin Ardeleanu offers a history of the world’s second international organisation, an innovative techno-political institution established by Europe’s Concert of Powers to remove insecurity from the Lower Danube. Delegates of rival empires worked together to ‘correct’ a vital European transportation infrastructure, and to complete difficult hydraulic works they gradually transformed the Commission into an actor of regional and international politics. As an autonomous and independent organ, it employed a complex transnational bureaucracy and regulated shipping along the Danube through a comprehensive set of internationally accepted rules and procedures. The Commission is portrayed as an effective experimental organisation, taken as a model for further cooperation in the international system.Trade Review"Constantin Ardeleanu goes beyond the study of the Danube to offer a complementary perspective on international cooperations, as studied today in history, political science and in the social sciences generally […] This work prompts reflection on our present-day debates and controversies around the construction of a European community’." Emmanuel Bioteau, in Francia-Recensio, 4 (2021) “The story of the European Commission of the Danube, set up at the end of the Crimean War to reopen the mouths of one of Europe’s longest rivers for maritime commerce, proves an absorbing one in the hands of Constantin Ardeleanu […] the author makes a convincing case for regarding the ECD as ‘a Europe in miniature’, a sort of poster-child for international cooperation and regulation. The book is clearly and engagingly written, largely free from technocratic jargon.” Ian D. Armour, in Slavonic and East European ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations and Tables Introduction  1 An ‘Experiment in International Administration’  2 Expert Mobilisation and the Study of International Rivers  3 The Commission and Europe’s Nascent Security Cooperation  4 On Institutional Visibility, Corporate Branding and Expert Exposure  5 A Brief Historiographical Survey of the Commission  6 Outline of the Book 1 Russophobia, Free Trade and Maritime Insecurity  1 Urquhart, Russophobia and Danube Navigation  2 Grain and Steamship  3 Danubian Hindrances  4 Banditry and Corruption in Russian Sulina  5 ‘Mistrust’, ‘Remonstrances’, ‘Vexations’  6 The Apogee of Russian ‘Neglect’ and the Conspiracy to Close Off the Danube  7 Conclusions 2 The Danube Question and the Making of Two River Commissions  1 A German View on the Freedom of the Danube  2 The Danube Question  3 Crimean War Diplomacy and the Internationalisation of the Danube  4 Austria’s Struggle for ‘Special and Exclusive Advantages’  5 The Right of Non-Riparian Countries to Regulate Danube Navigation  6 Removing Russia from the Maritime Danube – Territorial Cessions, Imperial Honour and Revisionism  7 The Riverain Commission and the Making of the 1857 Navigation Act  8 A Juridical Conflict between 1815 and 1856  9 Riparians vs. Non-Riparians at the 1858 Paris Ambassadorial Conference  10 Conclusions 3 A Quest for Authority and Autonomy  1 On Dual Institutional Hosting  2 On Appointing Commissioners and the Role of Expertise  3 Early Decision-Making Mechanisms  4 Diverging Views on the Binding Force of the Commission’s Regulations  5 Migration and Human Insecurity in a Russian-Ottoman Borderland  6 The Fishermen of Vylkove, Border Disputes and the Commission as a Conflict Mediator  7 A Tansnational ‘Constitution’ – the 1865 Public Act  8 On the Commission’s Exceptional Character  9 Conclusions 4 ‘Civilising and Disciplining Nature’  1 ‘The Father of the Danube’  2 Post-Crimean War Transnational River Expertise  3 Logistical Challenges in the Periphery  4 Techno-Political Power Play  5 A European Hydraulic Triumph  6 Celebrating a European Monument of Civilisation  7 Hartley’s Professional Prestige  8 Exhibiting Transnational Hydraulic Success  9 Deepening the Sulina Bar  10 Mobile Property and Memory Politics  11 Environmental Challenges in the Danube Delta Area  12 ‘Civilising and Disciplining’ the River  13 Protecting Hydraulic Works in Times of War  14 Techno-Political Intrusions in the ‘Organic Machine’  15 Conclusions 5 On Money, Tolls and Standards  1 A Tour for Collecting Multilateral Financial Guarantees  2 The Sublime Porte’s Financial Advances  3 Perspectives on Financial (In)Security  4 The Making of the Navigation Tariff  5 Standardising the European Tonnage Measurement  6 An International Organisation on the Capital Market  7 Political Turmoil and a Test on the International Bond Market  8 Towards Collective Financial Security  9 Complete Financial Independence  10 Conclusions 6 Threats, Opportunities and Institutional Survival  1 An Hydraulic Expert  2 Canal vs. Railway vs. River  3 An International Organisation and a National Seaport  4 In Defence of Organisational Reputation  5 Narratives of Institutional Success  6 Opening Up River Tributaries and the Establishment of a Sibling International Organisation  7 The London Conference (1871) and the Prolongation of the Commission  8 Gordon’s Disinterest in the Commission  9 Stokes’ Epistemic Communities  10 Conclusions 7 On Transnational Bureaucrats and Rulemaking  1 An Early International Civil Service  2 The Internal Administration of the Commission  3 In Search of Juridical Powers  4 The Modern Organisation of Pilotage  5 Regulating Lighterage Operations  6 Pensions for International Civil Servants  7 Categories of Staff and Their Immunities  8 Appointment and Promotion Procedures  9 Administrative Works In Favour of Navigational Safety  10 A Statistical Perspective on Shipping Security  11 Conclusions 8 The Lower Danube and Romanian Nation-Making  1 An Invitation to Transnational Expert Cooperation  2 ‘A Gift of the Danube’ – Thinking Romania’s Geopolitical Relevance  3 Southern Bessarabia and the Securitisation of the Maritime Danube  4 Europe’s Concert and the Danube Question  5 The Berlin Congress as a Security Management Institution  6 ‘In Complete Independence of Territorial Authority’  7 ‘The Freedom of the Danube Is a Key Condition for the Political and Economic Development of Riparian States’  8 The Fluvial Danube – between Austrian Hydro-Imperialism and European Multilateralism  9 The 1883 London Danubian Conference – a Story of Inclusion/Exclusion  10 International Law and the Danube Question  11 Conclusions 9 Europolis – from a Piratical Republic to a Collective Colony  1 Europolis – from Literary to Scholarly Interest  2 Imperial Security-Making and a ‘Piratical Republic under Austrian Protection’  3 Law and Order in Early Ottoman Sulina  4 On the Beginnings of Peacekeeping Corps – European Warships at Sulina  5 From Shipping Security to the Making of a Free-Trade Zone  6 Steaming to Profit – Commercial Opportunities at the Lower Danube in the Post-Crimean War Context  7 On Schleps and Tariffs  8 From Transnational Brigands to European Bureaucrats  9 Urban Transformations – Geological Cosmopolitanism and Modern Public Services  10 Cholera, Malaria, Typhoid Fever – on the Danube Delta’s Silent Threats  11 Cosmopolitan Headstones and Their Stories of Insecurity  12 Conclusions 10 Between Experimentalism and Anachronism – the Road to the Abolishment of the European Commission of the Danube  1 The Limits of Neutrality – the Commission during the First World War  2 Internationalism and Exceptionalism – the Danube Regime at the Paris Peace Congress  3 ‘The Most Unbelievable Anachronism’ – Revisionism along the Lower Danube  4 Between the Nazis and the Soviets – the Commission in the Second World War  5 ‘The Door Was Open to Come In; the Same Door Is Open to Go Out’ – the Danube under Soviet Hegemony  6 The Danube Commission – Inclusion and Exclusion Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisListen to the podcast with Philip Drew and Bruce Oswald In Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law, the contributing authors seek to recount, explore, and explain the tragedy that was the Rwanda genocide and the nature of the international community’s entanglement with it. Written by people selected for their personalized knowledge of Rwanda, be it as peacekeepers, aid workers, or members of the ICTR, and/or scholarship that has been clearly influenced by the genocide, this book provides a level of insight, detail and first-hand knowledge about the genocide and its aftermath that is clearly unique. Included amongst the writers are a number of scholars whose research and writings on Rwanda, the United Nations, and genocide are internationally recognized. Contributors are: Major (ret’d) Brent Beardsley, Professor Jean Bou, Professor Jane Boulden, Dr. Emily Crawford, Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire, Professor Phillip Drew, Professor Mark Drumbl , Professor Jeremy Farrall, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, Dr. Stacey Henderson, Professor Adam Jones, Ambassador Colin Keating, Professor Robert McLaughlin, Linda Melvern, Dr. Melanie O’Brien, Professor Bruce Oswald, Dr. Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Professor David J. Simon, and Professor Andrew Wallis. This book was previously published as Special Issue of the Journal of International Peacekeeping, Volume 22 (2018), Issue 1-4 (published April 2020); with updated Introduction.Table of Contents List of Abbreviations  Notes on Contributors  Foreword–Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law  Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire  Introduction  Phillip Drew, Jeremy Farrall, Rob McLaughlin, and Bruce Oswald Part 1: Rwanda, UNAMIR and the International Community  1 Rwanda’s Forgotten Years  Reconsidering the Role and Crimes of Akazu 1973–1993  Andrew Wallis  2 Rwanda: the Political Failure of the UN Security Council  Ambassador Colin Keating  3 Wilfully Blind: the Security Council’s Response to Genocide in Rwanda  Tamsin Phillipa Paige  4 Underpowered and Mostly UnwantedA Short History of UNAMIR  Jean Bou  5 Rwanda Revisited: UNAMIR IIAustralian Reflections on the Mission and the Mandate  Lieutenant-General J.J. Frewen  6 UNAMIR: a Deployed Legal Officer’s Retrospective  Bruce ‘Ossie’ Oswald  7 Do Not Intervene: UNAMIR’s Rules of Engagement from the Inside  Phillip Drew and Major (ret’d) Brent Beardsley Part 2: The “G” Word  8 Defining Genocide  Melanie O’Brien  9 Rwanda, the Holocaust, and the Predictable Path to Genocide  Phillip Drew  10 Moral EquivalenceThe Story of Genocide Denial in Rwanda  Linda Melvern  11 Gendering Rwanda Genocide and Post-Genocide  Adam Jones Part 3: Prosecuting Genocide  12 The ICTR and Its Contribution to the Revivification of International Criminal Law  Emily Crawford  13 Post-Genocide Justice in Rwanda  M.A. Drumbl Part 4: Rwanda’s Legacy  14 Rwanda: Lessons Observed. Lessons Learned?  Jane Boulden  15 Some Rules of Engagement Legacies of the  Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda  Rob McLaughlin  16 Rwanda and the RohingyaLearning the Wrong Lessons?  David J. Simon  17 Humanitarian Intervention and R2P  Stacey Henderson

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Book SynopsisThe EU today is at a crossroads: either it becomes a great supranational union or it goes back to being an array of separate independent states. Alberto Martinelli and Alessandro Cavalli draw a grand fresco of the society in which the European Union is taking shape. Long-term social and cultural trends and main current developments in economics and politics are synthetically outlined. Key questions of identity and nationalism, immigration and inequality, welfare and economic governance, are thoroughly analysed. Main cleavages, conflicts of interest and different visions of member states, as well as institutional reforms and crisis management strategies are critically discussed. A detailed proposal for advancing the process of political integration concludes the volume.Table of Contents Tables and Figures  Introduction  1The European Identity  1 Preface: Identity and Identification  2 One or Many European Identities?  3 Rationalism and Individualism/Subjectivity  4 University and Scientific Research, Market Capitalism and Industrial Enterprise, Nation State and Polyarchic Democracy  5 An Unusual and Controversial Identity  6 Changes in the Content of European Identity and the Perception of their Meaning  7 How European Citizens’ Identification with Europe has Changed  8 Identity Techniques  9 The Renewed Relevance of the European Project  2 Nationalism  1 Nationalism as the Ideology of the Modern State  2 The Double Matrix of European Nationalism and Its Relationship with Democracy  3 Main Alternatives to the Modernist Approach  4 Nationalism in the First Decades of the 21st Century  5 Nationalism and the Contradictions of European Integration  6 Main Causes of the National/Populist Upsurge in Contemporary Europe  3 Languages  1 The Distant Past  2 The Recent Past  3 Multilingualism and Plurilingualism: Europe’s Inevitable Future  4 The Linguistic Policies of the EU  5 English as Lingua Franca  6 Languages and the Culture Industry  4 Religion and Religions  1 A Look at the Past  2 Rationalization, Modernization, and Secularization  3 Europe and America – A Comparison  4 The Return of Religiousness in New Forms  5 Contemporary Fundamentalism  6 Migration and Religious Pluralism  7 Religious Pluralism and Cosmopolitanism  5 The Universities  1 Introduction  2Studium Generale in the Middle Ages  3 The Universities on the Threshold of the Modern Age  4 The Birth of the Scientific Societies  5 University Models in the Age of the Nation States  6 From University for the Elites to University for the Masses  7 The Changing Relationship between Teaching and Research  8 Current Tendencies: Where Are European Universities Going?  6 The Cities  1 From the Ancient City to the Medieval City  2 State and Industry during the Formation of the Modern City  3 The Contemporary European City  7 Population and Family Structures  1 How Many Europeans Are There and How Many Will There Be?  2 Household Units and Family Structures  3 Declining Birth Rates  4 Couples, Families, and Reproductive Decisions  5 Fewer People Die and Live Longer  6 Social Policies for the Family  8 Internal and External Migrations  1 A Challenge (Also) to the Sense of Identity  2 The Europe as an Area of Emigration and of Immigration  3 Internal and External Migrations to the EU  4 The Reasons and Causes of Migration  5 The Migration Emergency of 2015 and Subsequent Years  6 Models and Ways of Integration  7 Stages and Obstacles in the Admissions/Integration Process  8 Xenophobic Movements and Welcoming Culture  9 Necessity of and Obstacles to a European Migration Policy  9 The Dimensions of Inequality  1 Rich and Poor People in Rich and Poor Countries  2 Dualism and Territorial Inequalities  3 Beyond Economic Inequalities in the EU  4 Conclusion  10 The Political-Institutional Architecture of the European Union  1 The EU as an Example of Bold Institutional Innovation  2 The Main Phases of European Integration  3 The Basic Institutions of the European Union  4 EU Decision-making  11 Parties, Elections, Pressure Groups  1 Transnational Party Federations  2 Transnational Party Federations and European Parliament Party Groups  3 The 2019 Elections of the European Parliament: Voter Turnout  4 The 2019 Elections of the European Parliament: Results and Recognized Party Groups  5 EP Elections Results in the Largest EU Member Countries  6 President Ursula von der Leyen’s Programme Priorities and the Composition of the New Commission  7 Interest Groups and Pressure Politics  12 The European Welfare State  1 Welfare and the European Social Model  2 Welfare State Models  3 Challenges Confronting the European Welfare State  4 The European Social Model as Common Core of European Welfare Systems  5 The Three Phases of European Welfare  6 The Effects of the Global Financial Crisis and the Reaction of European Welfare Regimes  7 The Critics from Opposite Sides  8 The Reformers: The Social Investment Approach  9 The Open Method of Coordination  10 Conclusion  13 The European Economy  1 Unity and Diversity of the European Economy  2 European Economic Development since the Start of the Integration Process  3 The 1970s Regime Change in the World Economy  4 The EU in the Global Market  5 The Choice of the Euro  14 The Global Financial Crisis  1 An Interpretation of the Global Financial Crisis  2 The Financial-Economic Crisis in the EU and the Predominance of the Intergovernmental Regime of Decision-making  3 The Stages of the EU Exit Strategy  4 The Crucial Role of the European Central Bank  5 Fiscal Stringency and a Difficult Return to Economic Growth  Conclusion  1 External Constraints, Internal Cleavages, and Reform of the European Union  2 Amending the Treaties  3 Reform Proposals under Existing Treaties  4 Key Decisions for Moving Forward a Greater Union  Afterword  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisThe EU today is at a crossroads: either it becomes a great supranational union or it goes back to being an array of separate independent states. Alberto Martinelli and Alessandro Cavalli draw a grand fresco of the society in which the European Union is taking shape. Long-term social and cultural trends and main current developments in economics and politics are synthetically outlined. Key questions of identity and nationalism, immigration and inequality, welfare and economic governance, are thoroughly analysed. Main cleavages, conflicts of interest and different visions of member states, as well as institutional reforms and crisis management strategies are critically discussed. A detailed proposal for advancing the process of political integration concludes the volume.Table of Contents Tables and Figures  Introduction  1The European Identity  1 Preface: Identity and Identification  2 One or Many European Identities?  3 Rationalism and Individualism/Subjectivity  4 University and Scientific Research, Market Capitalism and Industrial Enterprise, Nation State and Polyarchic Democracy  5 An Unusual and Controversial Identity  6 Changes in the Content of European Identity and the Perception of their Meaning  7 How European Citizens’ Identification with Europe has Changed  8 Identity Techniques  9 The Renewed Relevance of the European Project  2 Nationalism  1 Nationalism as the Ideology of the Modern State  2 The Double Matrix of European Nationalism and Its Relationship with Democracy  3 Main Alternatives to the Modernist Approach  4 Nationalism in the First Decades of the 21st Century  5 Nationalism and the Contradictions of European Integration  6 Main Causes of the National/Populist Upsurge in Contemporary Europe  3 Languages  1 The Distant Past  2 The Recent Past  3 Multilingualism and Plurilingualism: Europe’s Inevitable Future  4 The Linguistic Policies of the EU  5 English as Lingua Franca  6 Languages and the Culture Industry  4 Religion and Religions  1 A Look at the Past  2 Rationalization, Modernization, and Secularization  3 Europe and America – A Comparison  4 The Return of Religiousness in New Forms  5 Contemporary Fundamentalism  6 Migration and Religious Pluralism  7 Religious Pluralism and Cosmopolitanism  5 The Universities  1 Introduction  2Studium Generale in the Middle Ages  3 The Universities on the Threshold of the Modern Age  4 The Birth of the Scientific Societies  5 University Models in the Age of the Nation States  6 From University for the Elites to University for the Masses  7 The Changing Relationship between Teaching and Research  8 Current Tendencies: Where Are European Universities Going?  6 The Cities  1 From the Ancient City to the Medieval City  2 State and Industry during the Formation of the Modern City  3 The Contemporary European City  7 Population and Family Structures  1 How Many Europeans Are There and How Many Will There Be?  2 Household Units and Family Structures  3 Declining Birth Rates  4 Couples, Families, and Reproductive Decisions  5 Fewer People Die and Live Longer  6 Social Policies for the Family  8 Internal and External Migrations  1 A Challenge (Also) to the Sense of Identity  2 The Europe as an Area of Emigration and of Immigration  3 Internal and External Migrations to the EU  4 The Reasons and Causes of Migration  5 The Migration Emergency of 2015 and Subsequent Years  6 Models and Ways of Integration  7 Stages and Obstacles in the Admissions/Integration Process  8 Xenophobic Movements and Welcoming Culture  9 Necessity of and Obstacles to a European Migration Policy  9 The Dimensions of Inequality  1 Rich and Poor People in Rich and Poor Countries  2 Dualism and Territorial Inequalities  3 Beyond Economic Inequalities in the EU  4 Conclusion  10 The Political-Institutional Architecture of the European Union  1 The EU as an Example of Bold Institutional Innovation  2 The Main Phases of European Integration  3 The Basic Institutions of the European Union  4 EU Decision-making  11 Parties, Elections, Pressure Groups  1 Transnational Party Federations  2 Transnational Party Federations and European Parliament Party Groups  3 The 2019 Elections of the European Parliament: Voter Turnout  4 The 2019 Elections of the European Parliament: Results and Recognized Party Groups  5 EP Elections Results in the Largest EU Member Countries  6 President Ursula von der Leyen’s Programme Priorities and the Composition of the New Commission  7 Interest Groups and Pressure Politics  12 The European Welfare State  1 Welfare and the European Social Model  2 Welfare State Models  3 Challenges Confronting the European Welfare State  4 The European Social Model as Common Core of European Welfare Systems  5 The Three Phases of European Welfare  6 The Effects of the Global Financial Crisis and the Reaction of European Welfare Regimes  7 The Critics from Opposite Sides  8 The Reformers: The Social Investment Approach  9 The Open Method of Coordination  10 Conclusion  13 The European Economy  1 Unity and Diversity of the European Economy  2 European Economic Development since the Start of the Integration Process  3 The 1970s Regime Change in the World Economy  4 The EU in the Global Market  5 The Choice of the Euro  14 The Global Financial Crisis  1 An Interpretation of the Global Financial Crisis  2 The Financial-Economic Crisis in the EU and the Predominance of the Intergovernmental Regime of Decision-making  3 The Stages of the EU Exit Strategy  4 The Crucial Role of the European Central Bank  5 Fiscal Stringency and a Difficult Return to Economic Growth  Conclusion  1 External Constraints, Internal Cleavages, and Reform of the European Union  2 Amending the Treaties  3 Reform Proposals under Existing Treaties  4 Key Decisions for Moving Forward a Greater Union  Afterword  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the second edition of the Yearbook on the African Union (YBAU). The YBAU is first and foremost an academic project that provides an in-depth evaluation and analysis of the institution, its processes, and its engagements. Despite the increased agency in recent years of the African Union in general, and the AU Commission in particular, little is known – outside expert policy or niche academic circles – about the Union’s activities. This is the gap the Yearbook on the African Union wants to systematically address. It seeks to be a reference point for in-depth research, evidence-based policy-making and decision-making. Contributors are Kwesi Aning, Emmanuel Balogun, Habibu Yaya Bappah, Enrico Behne, Bruce Byiers, Annie Barbara Hazviyemurwi Chikwanha, Dawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu, Katharina P.W. Döring, Jens Herpolsheimer, Hans Hoebeke, Christopher Changwe Nshimbi, Edefe Ojomo, Awino Okech, Onesphore Sematumba, Tim Zajontz.

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