International Relations

With its global scope, originality, and theoretical rigor, this is the first book to catalogue democracy clauses adopted by RIOs worldwide with a thorough analysis of their effectiveness.  The findings based on the analysis of 40 RIOs around the world and in-depth analysis of the European Union, the..

With its global scope, originality, and theoretical rigor, this is the first book to catalogue democracy clauses adopted by RIOs worldwide with a thorough analysis of their effectiveness.  The findings based on the analysis of 40 RIOs around the world and in-depth analysis of the European Union, the..

Regional cooperation and integration have emerged as key issues for East Asia following the financial crisis. This book explores these issues, and examines the degree to which a new paradigm is emerging...

This innovative text provides the reader with an historical analysis of Southeast Asia from the unusual perspective of regionalism...

Addresses how religion impacts upon human rights, - particularly, how it affects women's human rights and development. Different-faith representatives look at: theological versus secular validation of human rights; Islamic feminism; liberationist directions in the Catholic Church; and more...

Addresses how religion impacts upon human rights, - particularly, how it affects women's human rights and development. Different-faith representatives look at: theological versus secular validation of human rights; Islamic feminism; liberationist directions in the Catholic Church; and more...

This volume approaches the UN as a laboratory of religio-political value politics...

Focusing on the construction of the human rights discourse inside two religiously affiliated organizations, (The Commissions of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and Pax Romana (IMCS / ICMICA)) which have been (a) formally accredited as NGOs by the UN, (b) label themselves as religious, a..

Focusing on the construction of the human rights discourse inside two religiously affiliated organizations, (The Commissions of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and Pax Romana (IMCS / ICMICA)) this book documents the initial encounters between these organizations and the UN...

This work analyses changing patterns of international military co-operation and assistance and shows that Western defence diplomacy is increasingly being directed towards new goals...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Islamist organizations' conceptions of political order based on a comparative case study of the Shiite Lebanese Hezbollah and the Sunni Palestinian Hamas, demonstrating that resistance constitutes both organizations' core norm and is relevant for their ..

This collection of essays rethinks the security paradigm in the context of the War on Terror, providing a broad and systematic analysis of the long-term sources of political, military and cultural insecurity from the local to the global...