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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Global Governance through Voluntary Consensus
Av Craig N. Murphy, Joanne Yates
Inbunden, 2008
2513 kr
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the first full-length study of the largest nongovernmental, global regulatory network whose scope and influence rivals that of the UN system. Much of the interest in the successes and failures of global governance focuses around high …
Arctic Council
Governance within the Far North
Av Douglas Nord
Inbunden, 2016
2519 kr
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This book helps us to think carefully about how this area of the world should be best handled in the future by offering a concise and accessible introduction to the Arctic Council. Over the past two decades, the Arctic has evolved from being a remote region in international affairs to becoming an …
Politics of Expertise in International Organizations
How International Bureaucracies Produce and Mobilize Knowledge
Häftad, 2018
735 kr
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This edited volume advances existing research on the production and use of expert knowledge by international bureaucracies. Given the complexity, technicality and apparent apolitical character of the issues dealt with in global governance arenas, ‘evidence-based’ policy-making has imposed itself as …
Inside the United Nations
Multilateral Diplomacy Up Close
Häftad, 2019
750 kr
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Inside the United Nations illustrates some of the parameters surrounding consensus-building at the United Nations, seeking to provide new insights beyond what is already known. The author spent twelve years as P.R of Guatemala at the UN, offering him privileged observatories in all three of the …
River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy
Av Anoulak Kittikhoun, Susanne Schmeier
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
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Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the strategic …
UN Global Compacts
Governing Migrants and Refugees
Inbunden, 2021
2513 kr
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UN Global Compacts is a concise introduction to the key concepts, issues, and actors in global migration governance and presents a comprehensive analysis of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the Global Compact on Refugees, and the Global Compact for Migration. The book places the …
UN Global Compacts
Governing Migrants and Refugees
Häftad, 2021
648 kr
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UN Global Compacts is a concise introduction to the key concepts, issues, and actors in global migration governance and presents a comprehensive analysis of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the Global Compact on Refugees, and the Global Compact for Migration. The book places the …
Understanding the Humanitarian World
Av Daniel Maxwell, Kirsten Gelsdorf
Inbunden, 2019
2621 kr
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Conflict and disaster have been part of human history for as long as it has been recorded. Over time, more mechanisms for responding to crises have developed and become more systematized. Today a large and complex ‘global humanitarian response system’ made up of a multitude of local, national and …
Understanding the Humanitarian World
Av Daniel Maxwell, Kirsten Gelsdorf
Häftad, 2019
623 kr
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Conflict and disaster have been part of human history for as long as it has been recorded. Over time, more mechanisms for responding to crises have developed and become more systematized. Today a large and complex ‘global humanitarian response system’ made up of a multitude of local, national and …
Contemporary Preventive Diplomacy
Inbunden, 2020
2513 kr
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This book offers an explanation and evaluation of preventative diplomacy in an age of increasing precariousness. It emphasises the importance of pursuing diplomacy and human security in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which promote development grounded in peace, justice, and …
Global Think Tanks
Policy Networks and Governance
Av James G. McGann, Laura C. Whelan
Inbunden, 2020
2134 kr
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This completely revised edition of Global Think Tanks: Policy Networks and Governance provides a clear description of, and context for, the global proliferation of think tanks. It explores the origins, development, and diversity of think tanks and policy networks, discusses past and current issues …
Global Think Tanks
Policy Networks and Governance
Av James G. McGann, Laura C. Whelan
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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This completely revised edition of Global Think Tanks: Policy Networks and Governance provides a clear description of, and context for, the global proliferation of think tanks. It explores the origins, development, and diversity of think tanks and policy networks, discusses past and current issues …
Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups
The Frontlines of Diplomacy
Inbunden, 2019
2513 kr
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Humanitarians operate on the frontlines of today’s armed conflicts, where they regularly negotiate to provide assistance and to protect vulnerable civilians. This book explores this unique and under-researched field of humanitarian negotiation. It details the challenges faced by humanitarians …
International Secretariats
Two Centuries of International Civil Servants and Secretariats
Av Bob Reinalda
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
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Providing a comprehensive overview of two centuries of international civil servants and international secretariats, this book reveals how international secretariats have emerged and evolved, focusing on both structures (international public administrations) and the practitioners (international …
International Secretariats
Two Centuries of International Civil Servants and Secretariats
Av Bob Reinalda
Häftad, 2020
667 kr
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Providing a comprehensive overview of two centuries of international civil servants and international secretariats, this book reveals how international secretariats have emerged and evolved, focusing on both structures (international public administrations) and the practitioners (international …
Contemporary Preventive Diplomacy
Häftad, 2021
692 kr
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This book offers an explanation and evaluation of preventative diplomacy in an age of increasing precariousness. It emphasises the importance of pursuing diplomacy and human security in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which promote development grounded in peace, justice, and …
Trade Interests and UN Funding
Commercial Earmarking of Multi-bi Aid
Av Paweł Gmyrek
Inbunden, 2021
2513 kr
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This book examines a particular type of donor behavior – known as country earmarking of contributions – which occurs within the voluntary financing system of the United Nations.The research demonstrates that already during the period of the Millennium Development Goals a large share of the …
Trade Interests and UN Funding
Commercial Earmarking of Multi-bi Aid
Av Paweł Gmyrek
Häftad, 2023
648 kr
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This book examines a particular type of donor behavior – known as country earmarking of contributions – which occurs within the voluntary financing system of the United Nations.The research demonstrates that already during the period of the Millennium Development Goals a large share of the …
Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights
‘If Not Now, When?’
Av Simon Adams
Inbunden, 2021
2513 kr
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This book ambitiously weaves together history and politics to explain all of the major situations where mass atrocities have occurred, or been prevented, over the 15 years since the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) was adopted at the 2005 UN World Summit.The author provides a history of human …
Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights
‘If Not Now, When?’
Av Simon Adams
Häftad, 2021
648 kr
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This book ambitiously weaves together history and politics to explain all of the major situations where mass atrocities have occurred, or been prevented, over the 15 years since the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) was adopted at the 2005 UN World Summit.The author provides a history of human …
Use of Force in UN Peacekeeping
Av Peter Nadin
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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This edited volume provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of UN peacekeeping and the use of force, to inform a better understanding of the complex and interconnected issues at stake for the UN community. Peacekeeping is traditionally viewed as a largely passive military activity, governed by the …
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
Bridging the Theoretical and Practical Divide
Av Claudia Fuentes Julio, Paula Drumond
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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Human rights and conflict resolution have been traditionally perceived as two separate fields, sometimes in competition or in tension and occasionally with contradictory approaches towards achieving a lasting peace. Although human rights norms have been incorporated and institutionalized by various …
League of Nations
Enduring Legacies of the First Experiment at World Organization
Av M. Cottrell
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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The League of Nations occupies a fascinating yet paradoxical place in human history. Over time, it’s come to symbolize both a path to peace and to war, a promising vision of world order and a utopian illusion, an artifact of a bygone era and a beacon for one that may still come. As the first …
Brazil as a Rising Power
Intervention Norms and the Contestation of Global Order
Av Kai Michael Kenkel, Philip Cunliffe
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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This book examines the normative tensions inherent in upward mobility within the international system, focusing particularly on the clash between sovereign self-interest and the putatively universal norms associated with international interventions. It provides extensive detail and deep analysis of …
River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy
Av Anoulak Kittikhoun, Susanne Schmeier
Häftad, 2022
721 kr
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Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the strategic …
Development Economist in the United Nations
Reasons for Hope
Inbunden, 2023
2104 kr
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This book explores the joys and occasional frustrations of a development economist working for the United Nations.From 1982 to 2000 Richard Jolly worked in senior positions in UNICEF and UNDP on assignments that were innovative, for the UN, the countries concerned and for development. The book …
Development Economist in the United Nations
Reasons for Hope
Häftad, 2022
619 kr
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This book explores the joys and occasional frustrations of a development economist working for the United Nations.From 1982 to 2000 Richard Jolly worked in senior positions in UNICEF and UNDP on assignments that were innovative, for the UN, the countries concerned and for development. The book …
Small Countries, Big Diplomacy
Laos in the UN, ASEAN and MRC
Av Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Anoulak Kittikhoun
Inbunden, 2021
2513 kr
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This book shows how small countries use "big" diplomacy to advance national interests and global agendas – from issues of peace and security (the South China Sea and nuclearization in Korea) and human rights (decolonization) to development (landlocked and least developed countries) and environment …
Small Countries, Big Diplomacy
Laos in the UN, ASEAN and MRC
Av Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Anoulak Kittikhoun
Häftad, 2021
590 kr
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This book shows how small countries use "big" diplomacy to advance national interests and global agendas – from issues of peace and security (the South China Sea and nuclearization in Korea) and human rights (decolonization) to development (landlocked and least developed countries) and environment …
British Media and the Rwandan Genocide
Häftad, 2020
817 kr
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Throughout the 1990s, humanitarian interventionism sat at a crossroads, where ideas about rights and duties within and beyond borders collided with an international reality of civil conflict where the most basic human rights were violated in the most brutal manner. This growing awareness of …
