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African Economic InstitutionsBy Kwame Akonor

This book analyzes how, and under what conditions, African International Economic Organizations (IEO) have evolved, and what individual and collective contributions, if any, these African IEOs have had on Africa’s socio-economic development...

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Published 16th September 2011 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-50045-6

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The African UnionChallenges of globalization, security, and governanceBy Samuel M. Makinda, F. Wafula Okumu

A comprehensive examination of the work of the African Union (AU), with special emphasis on its capacity to meet the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms. Samuel Makinda and F. Wafula Okumu show how...

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Published 4th October 2007 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-40349-8

Bankrupting NatureDenying Our Planetary BoundariesBy Anders Wijkman, Johan Rockström

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world. Despite growing scientific consensus on major environmental threats as well as resource...

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Published 5th November 2012 by Routledge

Hardback: 978-0-415-53969-2

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Becoming a Trustworthy LeaderPsychology and PracticeBy Aneil K. Mishra, Karen E. Mishra

It's time to discover a new way for individuals to lead organizations and societies. Trust in a variety of institutions, including governmental and business, is at an all-time low. In order to strengthen society from its foundations, we need to...

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Published 17th December 2012 by Routledge

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Building Inclusive CitiesWomen’s Safety and the Right to the CityEdited by Carolyn Whitzman, Crystal Legacy, Caroline Andrew, Fran Klodawsky, Margaret Shaw, Kalpana Viswanath

Building on a growing movement within developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and North America, this book documents cutting edge practice and builds theory around a rights based approach to women’s...

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Published 30th August 2012 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-62816-7

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Can Emerging Technologies Make a Difference in Development?Edited by Rachel A. Parker, Richard P. Appelbaum

In this innovative and entirely original text, which has been thoughtfully edited to ensure coherence and readability across disciplines, scientists and practitioners from around the world provide evidence of the opportunities for, and the challenges of,...

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Published 4th January 2012 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-88433-4

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Carbon Governance, Climate Change and




Business TransformationEdited by Adam Bumpus, Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez, Chukwumerije Okereke, James Tansey

Transformation to a low carbon economy is a central tenet to any discussion on the solutions to the complex challenges of climate change and energy security. Despite advances in policy, carbon management and continuing development of clean technology,...

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To Be Published 20th February 2014 by Routledge

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Chairing Multilateral NegotiationsThe Case of the United NationsBy Spyros Blavoukos, Dimitris Bourantonis

This book examines the important role of the chairmanship office in multilateral negotiations within the UN setting. Although chairmanship is a generic feature of international politics, negotiations, and decision-making, it has been scarcely researched...

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Published 9th June 2011 by Routledge

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Cities and Climate ChangeGlobal Report on Human Settlements 2011By Un-Habitat

Cities and Climate Change examines the links between urbanization and climate change, the potentially devastating effects of climate change on urban populations and the policy responses and practices that are emerging in urban areas. Over half of the...

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Published 14th March 2011 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-1-84971-371-9



Citizen Participation in Global Environmental GovernanceEdited by Richard Worthington, Mikko Rask, Lammi Minna

On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This project, 'WWViews', was the first-ever global democratic deliberation – an attempt...

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Conflict Management in Divided SocietiesTheories and PracticeEdited by Stefan Wolff, Christalla Yakinthou

This exciting and innovative new textbook takes a multi-perspective approach to the study of conflict management in divided societies. Offering a wide range of perspectives from the leading experts in the field, the work explains conflict management...

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Published 22nd September 2011 by Routledge

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Contemporary Human Rights IdeasBy Bertrand G. Ramcharan

The vindication of human rights is a critical challenge of a new century. Yet, there is much contestation over rights in a globalizing, post 9/11 world, as human rights ideas come into contact with different cultures and with societies in varying stages...

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Published 16th April 2008 by Routledge

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Contemporary Water Governance in the Global SouthScarcity, Marketization and ParticipationEdited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban...

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Published 15th May 2013 by Routledge

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Crisis of Global SustainabilityBy Tapio Kanninen

This concise and informative text provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development, proposing new organizational solutions to deal with the...

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The Dark Side of Transformational LeadershipA Critical PerspectiveBy Dennis Tourish

Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational ‘visionaries’. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is the most important factor in determining whether...

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Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance2nd EditionBy Richard E. Saunier, Richard A. Meganck

This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5500 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official...

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Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin AmericaOpportunities and RisksEdited by Anita Breuer, Yanina Welp

This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people...

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To Be Published 8th January 2014 by Routledge

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The European UnionBy Clive Archer

Making often complex concepts easily comprehended, this book enables the reader to quickly build a solid and well-rounded understanding of the EU's history and present, covering: key debates on Europe the ambiguous relationship with the...

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European Union: The Basics2nd EditionBy Alex Warleigh-Lack

Fully updated to include the new Treaty of Lisbon, this is the best short and accessible introduction to the politics of the European Union, written by one of the world's most well-known authorities in the area. Ideal starting reading for...

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Published 23rd September 2008 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-41467-8

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Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower RelationshipsWhen Near is Far and Far is NearEdited by Michelle C. Bligh, Ronald E. Riggio

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace. In this edited volume, based on a conference at Claremont, scholars of leadership studies from three continents discuss the latest psychological research on...

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Published 26th July 2012 by Routledge

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Feminist Strategies in International GovernanceEdited by Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl, Susanne Zwingel

The struggle for women’s rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the...

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Feminist Theory ReaderLocal and Global Perspectives, 3rd EditionEdited by Carole Mccann, Seung-kyung Kim

The third edition of the Feminist Theory Reader anthologizes the important classical and contemporary works of feminist theory within a multiracial transnational framework. This edition includes 16 new essays; the editors have organized the readings into...

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Published 26th February 2013 by Routledge

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The Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)By Ian Taylor

The increase in China’s economic and political involvement in Africa is arguably the most momentous development on the continent since the end of the Cold War. This book seeks to detail the origins, structure, workings and activities of The...

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Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United NationsExploring the Causes of Mass Killing Since 1945By Hannibal Travis

Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations examines a series of related crises in human civilization growing out of conflicts between powerful states or empires and indigenous or stateless peoples. This is the first book to attempt to explore the...

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Geographies of PrivilegeEdited by France Winddance Twine, Bradley Gardener

How are social inequalities experienced, reproduced and challenged in local, global and transnational spaces? What role does the control of space play in distribution of crucial resources and forms of capital (housing, education, pleasure, leisure,...

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Global Environmental InstitutionsBy Elizabeth R. DeSombre

There has been a concurrent growth in interest in the institutions that deal with global environmental issues. A vast number of international organizations address these matters; this volume provides an overview of the major global institutions...

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Global Food and Agricultural InstitutionsBy D. John Shaw

This pioneering text brings together for the first time the global institutions on the front line of the campaign against hunger and poverty. The institutions examined in this book – the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the...

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Global Governance of Genetic ResourcesAccess and Benefit Sharing after the Nagoya ProtocolEdited by Sebastian Oberthür, G. Rosendal

This book analyses the status and prospects of the global governance of Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) in the aftermath of 2010’s Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD’s initial 1992 framework of...




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To Be Published 11th October 2013 by Routledge

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Global Governance, Poverty and InequalityEdited by Rorden Wilkinson, Jennifer Clapp

A series of crises unfolded in the latter part of the first decade of the 21st Century which combined to exacerbate already profound conditions of global economic inequality and poverty in the world’s poorest countries. In 2007, the unsound...

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Global Health GovernanceBy Sophie Harman

In the light of scares about potential pandemics such as swine fever and avian flu, the issue of global health and its governance is of increasing concern to scholars and practitioners of medicine, public health, social work, and international politics...

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Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS EpidemicResponding to an International CrisisBy Franklyn Lisk

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book provides a clear and incisive analysis of the different perspectives of the global response to HIV/AIDS, and the role of the different global institutions involved. The text highlights HIV/AIDS as an...

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Global Institutions of ReligionAncient Movers, Modern ShakersBy Katherine Marshall

This work fills a significant gap in the current literature by providing a concise introduction to religious institutions and an insightful analysis of their role in world affairs. Focusing on formal institutions specifically dedicated to governing...

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Global Politics and the Responsibility to ProtectFrom Words to DeedsBy Alex J. Bellamy

This book provides an in-depth introduction to, and analysis of, the issues relating to the implementation of the recent Responsibility to Protect principle in international relationsThe Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) has come a long way in a short...

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Routledge Handbook of International OrganizationEdited by Bob Reinalda

This Handbook brings together scholars whose essays discuss significant issues with regard to international organization as a process and international organizations as institutions. Although the focus is on intergovernmental organizations (IGOs),...

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The World Health Organization (WHO)By Kelley Lee

The World Health Organization (WHO), as the United Nations specialized agency for health, has been at the centre of international health cooperation for over sixty years. With origins dating from the nineteenth century, WHO’s mandate is the...

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Published 21st August 2008 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-37013-4

The World BankFrom Reconstruction to Development to EquityBy Katherine Marshall

The World Bank is one of the most important and least understood major international institutions. This book provides a concise, accessible and comprehensive overview of the World Bank's history, development, structure, functionality and...

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Published 31st January 2008 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-38132-1

Women as Political LeadersStudies in Gender and GoverningEdited by Michael A. Genovese, Janie S. Steckenrider

Over the past several years, the fields of Leadership Studies and of Women's Studies have grown tremendously. This book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, will discuss the conditions and...

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UN Security CouncilPractice and PromiseBy Edward C. Luck

Written by best-selling author Edward C. Luck, this new text is broad and engaging enough for undergraduates, sophisticated enough for graduates and lively enough for a





wider audience interested in the key institutions of international public...

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The UN Secretary-General and Secretariat2nd EditionBy Leon Gordenker

The new edition of this accessible introduction to the important role of the United Nations Secretary-General continues to offer a keen insight into the United Nations – the Secretariat and its head, the Secretary-General, summing up the...

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Published 1st February 2010 by Routledge

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The UN Human Rights CouncilBy Bertrand Ramcharan

The UN Human Rights Council provides a detailed insight into this important organization. The UN was founded in the hope that lasting peace would be built on the foundations of human rights and economic and social progress. In 2006 the Commission on...

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)Creating Norms for a Complex WorldBy J.P. Singh

This book traces the history of UNESCO from its foundational idealism to its current stature as the preeminent international organization for science, education, and culture, building a well rounded understanding of this important organization.The book:...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-49114-3


The United Nations and Human RightsA Guide for a New Era, 2nd EditionBy Julie Mertus

Julie Mertus’ highly acclaimed text continues to be the only completely up-to-date comprehensive yet succinct guide to the United Nations human rights system. Today, virtually all UN bodies and specialized agencies are undertaking efforts to...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-49140-2


Trade, Poverty, DevelopmentGetting Beyond the WTO's Doha DeadlockEdited by Rorden Wilkinson, James Scott

This work seeks to look beyond the seemingly endless deadlock in the WTO’s Doha round of trade negotiations that began in November 2001 and were first scheduled to conclude by January 1, 2005. As well as offering an incisive analysis of the...

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Published 2nd August 2012 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-62450-3





Sustainability for Healthcare ManagementA Leadership ImperativeBy Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa

Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health...

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State of the World's Cities 2012/2013Prosperity of CitiesBy Un Habitat

The city is the home of prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also where ambitions, aspirations and other material and immaterial aspects of life are realized,...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-83888-7


Statebuilding and State-FormationThe Political Sociology of InterventionEdited by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara

This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding.Using process-oriented approaches, the contributing authors explore what happens when conscious...

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Stabilization Operations, Security and DevelopmentStates of FragilityEdited by Robert Muggah

This edited volume provides a critical overview of the new stabilization agenda in international relations.The primary focus of so-called stability operations since 9/11 has been Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Covering the wider picture, this volume...

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To Be Published 25th July 2013 by Routledge

Hardback: 978-0-415-53676-9


Sport Policy and GovernanceBy Neil King

Sport Policy and Governance: Local Perspectives is the first detailed study of the politics of sport policy at the local authority level of governance. In focusing on the local level, the book recognises that the extent to which we benefit from public...

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Snapshots of Great LeadershipBy Jon P. Howell

This is a great book describing leaders (both good and bad) who either have accomplished amazing feats or who brought destruction or death to scores of people. Although the goals of these individuals were often quite different, the leadership processes...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-87217-1




Global South to the RescueEmerging Humanitarian Superpowers and Globalizing Rescue IndustriesEdited by Paul Amar

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of an epochal shift in global order – the fact that global-south countries have taken up leadership roles in peacekeeping missions, humanitarian interventions, and transnational military...

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Global Think TanksPolicy Networks and GovernanceBy James McGann, Richard Sabatini

Global Think Tanks provides a clear description of and context for the global proliferation of think tanks. Whilst these institutions are still relatively new players in global and national politics, they are becoming a significant source of strength in...

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Published 3rd December 2010 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-77979-1


Governance for Pro-Poor Urban DevelopmentLessons from GhanaBy Franklin Obeng-Odoom

The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote for the so-called ‘urbanisation of poverty’ and ‘parasitic urbanism’ in Africa. This book is the first...

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To Be Published 14th July 2013 by Routledge

Hardback: 978-0-415-83376-9


Governance Reform in Africa

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International and Domestic Pressures and Counter-PressuresBy Jerome Bachelard

Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, some impressive governance reforms are under way in many countries. This includes cases such as Nigeria – formerly...

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To Be Published 30th January 2014 by Routledge

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Governing Climate ChangeBy Harriet Bulkeley, Peter Newell

Governing Climate Change provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and market actors to multilateral development banks, donors and cities.The issue of...

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The Group of Twenty (G20)By Andrew F. Cooper, Ramesh Thakur

This work offers a concise examination of the purpose, function and practice of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit. Providing a comprehensive historical account of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors process, the text then moves on to...

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Health and Human Rights in a Changing World3rd EditionEdited by Michael Grodin, Daniel Tarantola, George Annas, Sofia Gruskin

Health and Human Rights in a Changing World is a comprehensive and contemporary collection of readings and original material examining health and human rights from a global perspective. Editors Grodin, Tarantola, Annas, and Gruskin are well-known for...

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Published 22nd March 2013 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-50399-0


Heroic LeadershipAn Influence Taxonomy of 100 Exceptional IndividualsBy Scott T. Allison, George R. Goethals

Heroic Leadership is a celebration of our greatest heroes, from legends such as Mahatma Gandhi to the legions of unsung heroes who transform our world quietly behind the scenes. The authors argue that all great heroes are also great leaders. The term...

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Humanitarianism ContestedWhere Angels Fear to TreadBy Michael Barnett, Thomas G. Weiss

This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and insight into the on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early nineteenth century. Combining theoretical and historical...

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Human Rights and Humanitarian Norms, Strategic Framing, and InterventionLessons for the Responsibility to ProtectBy Melissa Labonte

The human rights and humanitarian landscape of the modern era has been littered with acts that have shocked the moral conscience of mankind, and there has been wide variation in whether, how, and to what degree states respond to mass atrocity crimes,...

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Human TraffickingInterdisciplinary PerspectivesBy Mary C. Burke

The practice of one human being exploiting another in slavery-like conditions is not new. Today, it is called human trafficking. Social, political, and economic forces over the past 60 years have changed how and why this human rights abuse occurs. In...

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The Idea of World GovernmentFrom ancient times to the twenty-first centuryBy James A. Yunker

The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity—a world state—has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world...

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Improving Global Environmental GovernanceBest Practices for Architecture and AgencyEdited by Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen, Peter M. Haas

The experience of environmental governance is approached in Improving Global Environmental Governance from the unique perspective of actor configuration and embedded networks of actors, which are areas of emerging importance. The chapters look at...

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To Be Published 3rd October 2013 by Routledge

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Institutions of the Asia-PacificASEAN, APEC and beyondBy Mark Beeson

The Asia-Pacific is arguably the most important, but also the most complex and contested, region on the planet. Containing three of the world’s largest economies and some of its most important strategic relationships, the region’s...

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Institutions of the Global SouthBy Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner

While clearly assessing the achievements, performance and responses of major global south institutions to global change, Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner shows how and why such arrangements are critical in the South’s efforts to call the...

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International Environmental Governance SetBy Various

Together, these 18 volumes provide unparalleled coverage of the development of international environmental governance from the 1980's to today. In the last two decades, environmental threats and the challenge of sustainability have moved to...

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Published 1st October 2009 by Routledge

Hardback: 978-1-84407-984-1

International Relations: The BasicsBy Peter Sutch, Juanita Elias

International Relations is a concise and accessible introduction for students new to international relations and for the general reader. It offers the most up-to-date guide to the major issues and areas of debate and:explains key issues including...

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International Relations: The Key Concepts2nd EditionBy Steven C. Roach, Martin Griffiths, Terry O'Callaghan

Featuring over twenty new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its second edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it introduces the most important themes in...

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Published 31st October 2007 by Routledge

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Sports Governance, Development and Corporate ResponsibilityEdited by Barbara Segaert, Marc Theeboom, Christiane Timmerman, Bart





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The call for sport organizations and organizers to take up social responsibilities is reflected in a wide variety of sport-related practices. This book critically examines sport-related social interventions in different cultural settings, such as...

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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)An emerging collaboration architectureBy Lawrence Saez

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an international organization comprised of the eight countries in South Asia. This work aims examine the institutional structure, objectives and effectiveness of the SAARC in its role as...

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Social Capital and Sport Governance in EuropeEdited by Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan, Fabien Ohl

Although there is significant interest in the social role of sport in fostering civil society from both policymakers and academics, there is a lack of evidence of the specific role of sport federations in this system. This book critically presents the...

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Shaping the Humanitarian WorldBy Peter Walker, Daniel G. Maxwell

Providing a critical introduction to the notion of humanitarianism in global politics, tracing the concept from its origins to the twenty-first century, this book examines how the so called international community works in response to humanitarian crises...

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The Security Governance of Regional OrganizationsEdited by Emil J. Kirchner, Roberto Dominguez

The Security Governance of Regional Organizations assesses the effectiveness of regional organizations as regional or global security providers, and examines how policy preferences, resources, capabilities, institutional mechanisms and economic and...

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Rules, Politics, and the International Criminal CourtCommitting to the CourtBy Yvonne Dutton

In this new work, Dutton examines the ICC and whether and how its enforcement mechanism influences state membership and the court’s ability to realize treaty goals, examining questions such as:Why did states decide to create the ICC and...

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The Routledge Handbook of the Responsibility to ProtectEdited by W. Andy Knight, Frazer Egerton

This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the Responsibility to Protect norm in world politics, which aims to end mass atrocities against civilians. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is amongst the most significant norms in global politics...

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Routledge Handbook of PeacebuildingEdited by Roger Mac Ginty

This new Routledge Handbook offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the meanings and uses of the term ‘peacebuilding’, and presents cutting-edge debates on the practices conducted in the name of peacebuilding. The term...

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Published 22nd January 2013 by Routledge

Hardback: 978-0-415-69019-5


Routledge Handbook of International StatebuildingEdited by David Chandler, Timothy D. Sisk

This new Handbook offers a combination of theoretical, thematic and empirical analyses of the statebuilding regime, written by leading international scholars. Over the past decade, international statebuilding has become one of the most important and...

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Routledge Handbook of International LawEdited by David Armstrong

The Routledge Handbook of International Law provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of international politics and international law. Each chapter is written by a leading expert and provides a state of the art overview of the most...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-61052-0


Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and StatecraftEdited by B.J.C. McKercher

Despite post-Cold War arguments about their demise, ‘Great Powers’ not only continue to thrive, with lesser Powers they form the basis of the constellation of global politics. This topical new Handbook illustrates how and why the new...

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Hardback: 978-0-415-78110-7


The Roads from RioLessons Learned from Twenty Years of Multilateral Environmental NegotiationsEdited by Pamela Chasek, Lynn M. Wagner

At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, the world’s leaders constructed a new "sustainable development" paradigm that promised to enhance environmentally sound...

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Published 27th February 2012 by RFF Press

Paperback: 978-0-415-80977-1



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Risk GovernanceCoping with Uncertainty in a Complex WorldBy Ortwin Renn

'Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance...

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Responsibility to ProtectCultural Perspectives in the Global SouthEdited by Rama Mani, Thomas G. Weiss

This volume explores in a novel and challenging way the emerging norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), initially adopted by the United Nations World Summit in 2005 following significant debate throughout the preceding decade. This work seeks to...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-78185-5


Regional SecurityThe Capacity of International OrganizationsBy Rodrigo Tavares

Regional organizations are an inescapable feature of global politics. Virtually all countries in the world are members of at least one regional or other intergovernmental organization. The involvement of international organizations in the realm of...

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Preventive Human Rights StrategiesBy Bertrand G. Ramcharan

The prevention of violations of human rights must become the dominant protection strategy of the twenty-first century, nationally, regionally, and globally. This book clearly identifies the need for preventive human rights strategies, maps what exists by...

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Published 1st February 2010 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-54856-4


Poverty CapitalMicrofinance and the Making of DevelopmentBy Ananya Roy

Winner of the 2011 Paul Davidoff award!This is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and the powerless; instead it studies those who manage poverty. It sheds light on how powerful institutions control "capital," or circuits of...

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Published 3rd March 2010 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-87673-5


Political Economy of StatebuildingPower after PeaceEdited by Mats Berdal, Dominik Zaum

This volume examines and evaluates the impact of international statebuilding interventions on the political economy of conflict-affected countries over the past 20 years. It focuses on countries that are emerging, or have recently emerged, from periods...

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PeacebuildingFrom Concept to CommissionBy Robert Jenkins

The emergence of The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2005 was the culmination of a long and contentious process. In this work Rob Jenkins provides a concise introduction that traces the origins and evolution of peacebuilding as a...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-77644-8


Only One EarthThe Long Road via Rio to Sustainable DevelopmentBy Felix Dodds, Michael Strauss, Maurice F. Strong

Forty years after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the goal of sustainable development continues via the Rio+20 conference in 2012. This book will enable a broad readership to understand what has been achieved in the...

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The No-Growth ImperativeCreating Sustainable Communities under Ecological Limits to GrowthBy Gabor Zovanyi

More than two decades of mounting evidence confirms that the existing scale of the human enterprise has surpassed global ecological limits to growth. Based on such limits, The No-Growth Imperative discounts current efforts to maintain growth through...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-63015-3



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The North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationThe Enduring AllianceBy Julian Lindley-French

This book is an excellent introduction to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Julian Lindley-French clearly outlines all of the institution's key facets to deliver an authoritative account. Detailing the origins, institutions,...

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Published 23rd November 2006 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-35880-4

Non-Governmental Organizations in World PoliticsThe Construction of Global GovernanceBy Peter Willetts

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Amnesty International and Oxfam to Greenpeace and Save the Children are now key players in global politics. This accessible and informative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the significant role and...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-38125-3


Negotiating Decolonization in the United NationsPolitics of Space, Identity, and International CommunityBy Vrushali Patil

Combining discourse and comparative historical methods of analysis, this book explores how colonialists and anti-colonialists renegotiated transnational power relationships within the debates on decolonization in the United Nations from 1946-1960...

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Published 21st March 2013 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-54179-4



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Multilateral Counter-TerrorismThe global politics of cooperation and contestationBy Peter Romaniuk

Contemporary terrorism is a global phenomenon requiring a globalized response. In this book Peter Romaniuk aims to assess to what extent states seek multilateral responses to the threats they face from terrorists. Providing a concise history and a clear...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-77648-6


The Migration Industry and the Commercialization of International MigrationEdited by Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Ninna Nyberg Sorensen

Migration has become business, big business. Over the last few decades a host of new business opportunities have emerged that capitalize both on the migrants’ desires to migrate and the struggle by governments to manage migration. From the...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-62379-7


Mediation and Liberal PeacebuildingPeace from the Ashes of War?Edited by Mikael Eriksson, Roland Kostić

This book offers a state-of-the-art examination of peacemaking, looking at its theoretical assumptions, empirical applications and its consequences. Despite the wealth of research on external interventions and practices of Western peacebuilding, many...

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Leading the Sustainable OrganizationDevelopment, Implementation and AssessmentBy Tim Galpin, J. Lee Whittington, Greg Bell

This book is the first to combine the much talked about topics of leadership and sustainability, and provides readers with a comprehensive overview and pragmatic approach to leading sustainable organizations.Chapters include discussions, case examples,...

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International Organizations as Self-Directed ActorsA Framework for AnalysisEdited by Joel Oestreich

This exciting new text illustrates and advances the argument that International Organizations (IOs) need to be taken seriously as actors in world affairs. Bringing together an international line-up of distinguished contributors, the text examines recent...

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Published 3rd April 2012 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-78291-3


The International Community and StatebuildingGetting Its Act Together?Edited by Patrice McMahon, Jon Western

This book brings together policymakers and academics to analyse the international community’s performance in post-war statebuilding projects. In the past twenty years, statebuilding has emerged as a centerpiece of international efforts to...

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International Human RightsA Comprehensive IntroductionBy Michael Haas

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights: international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to world prominence, what is being done about violations of human rights, and what might...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-77455-0


International Law, International Relations and Global GovernanceBy Charlotte Ku

International Relations and International Law have developed in parallel but distinctly throughout the 20th Century. However in recent years there has been recognition that their shared concerns in areas as diverse as the environment, transnational crime...

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Published 22nd February 2012 by Routledge

Paperback: 978-0-415-77873-2

The International Trade CentreExport Impact for GoodBy Stephen Browne, Sam Laird

In the era of rapid globalization, the ITC plays a significant and wide ranging role working with both governments and trade support institutions to nurture an export culture, this work will provide a much needed overview of this dynamic...

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Leadership and Policy Innovation – From Clinton to BushCountering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass DestructionBy Joseph R. Cerami

Throughout the Cold War there were longstanding efforts to control the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) through extensive arms control, deterrence, and defense programs. Since then counterproliferation efforts by the U.S. and international...

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Hardback: 978-0-415-52782-8


Leading For RegenerationGoing Beyond Sustainability in Business Education, and CommunityBy John Hardman

This book presents the regenerative leadership framework that has emerged from doctoral research and consulting work with successful sustainability leaders and their organizations in business, education, and community. The framework synthesizes the...

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Paperback: 978-0-415-69245-8


The Millennium Development Goals and BeyondGlobal Development after 2015Edited by Rorden Wilkinson, David Hulme

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have contributed to reductions in poverty and improvements in the human condition in many parts of the world since their "invention" in 2000 and 2001. It nonetheless remains the case that today, as on all...

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