International category: 36838 books
Social Emergence in International Relations
Institutional Dynamics in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
This book presents a conceptualization of social emergence in international relations as a novel angle to analyse institutional dynamics in East Asia, introducing the concept of emergence from a critical realist perspective. The author examines East Asia’s characteristic mesh work of regional institutions...
Global Governmentality
Governing International Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Foucault's thoughts on governmentality have made a significant impact on the studies of power and governance in modern societies. However, most studies of governmentality confine themselves to the exploration of power within nation-states. Global Governmentality extends Foucault's political thought...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The expression 'non-state actors' has become part and parcel of the common parlance of international lawyers. Together with the traditional subjects of international law, such as states and international organizations, non-state actors play an important role in international law-making, law-adjudication...
Regional Actors in Multilateral Negotiations
Active and Successful?
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Since the end of WWII, not only the number of international regimes and organizations, but also the number of regional organisations and groups increased considerably. Today, states are often members of regional and international organisations at the same time and cover similar policies in both. This...
International Marine Organizations
Essays on Structure and Activities
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the last few years, the quantity of books and papers on the political, economic and legal problems of the exploration and use of the sea and marine resources has considerably increased. But the status and activities of intern a tional organizations related to maritime shipping, fisheries, scientific...
Shifting Paradigms in International Investment Law
More Balanced, Less Isolated, Increasingly Diversified
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
International investment law is in transition. Whereas the prevailing mindset has always been the protection of the economic interests of individual investors, new developments in international investment law have brought about a paradigm shift. There is now more than ever before an interest in a...
by Won L. Kidane
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Although international arbitration has emerged as a credible means of resolution of transnational disputes involving parties from diverse cultures, the effects of culture on the accuracy, efficiency, fairness, and legitimacy of international arbitration is a surprisingly neglected topic within the...
International Conflict Mediation
New Approaches and Findings
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
This book examines how new empirical approaches to mediation can shed fresh light on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation.
International conflict mediation has become one of, if not the most prominent...
All International Politics Is Local
The Diffusion of Conflict, Integration, and Democratization
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
How does regional interdependence influence the prospects for conflict, integration, and democratization? Some researchers look at the international system at large and disregard the enormous regional variations. Others take the concept of sovereignty literally and treat each nation-state as fully...
by Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen Young, David Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
This new book shows how international crises are dangerous episodes that can be destabilizing not only to the actors directly involved but also to the entire international system.
Recognizing the primacy of crises as defining moments in international relations, scholars and policy makers alike...
The Voice from China
An CHEN on International Economic Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
In short, the 24 selected and representative articles written in English by the author over the past 30-odd years, mainly published in international leading journals and now collected and compiled in this monograph, could be deemed the products of international academic debates. They record, reflect...
International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Rights-Based Approach to Middle East Peace
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been intertwined with, and has had a profound influence on, the principles of modern international law. Placing a rights-based approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the centre of discussions over its peaceful resolution, this book provides detailed...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The protection of civilians is a highly topical issue at the forefront of international discourse, and has taken a prominent role in many international deployments. It has been at the centre of debates on the NATO intervention in Libya, UN deployments in Darfur, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Security Council resolutions have undergone an important evolution over the last two decades. While continuing its traditional role of determining state-specific threats to peace and engaging accordingly in various peaceful or coercive measures, the Security Council has also adopted resolutions that...