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Non-Governmental Human Rights Organizations in International Relations
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00Human rights play a crucial role in today's international relations. They provide standards to which states must conform when dealing with their own citizens. Non-governmental human rights organizations remind states of their obligations in that field. Without this, human rights would have drifted to the bottom of the international agenda. more...
American Image in Turkey
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 59.99American Image in Turkey examines the effect of American foreign policy_measured in various contours of policymaking, including military and economic aid, foreign direct investment, bilateral trade between the United States and Turkey_on Turkish public opinion toward the United States in the post-9/11 era. more...
The United Nations and Human Rights
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 29.95Julie 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 incorporate the promotion or protection of human rights into their programs and activities. The United... more...
The Gay Games
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world. Since their inception in 1980, the Gay Games have developed into a multi-million dollar mega-event, engaging people from all continents, while the international Gay Games movement has become one of the... more...
From Blood Diamonds to the Kimberley Process
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95Despite its importance in international affairs, the Kimberley Process remains understudied in academia. Franziska Bieri's book provides the first comprehensive account of the Kimberley Process and is the first to reveal how NGOs have become critical actors in their own right, possessing the ability to directly influence policies, even at the level... more...
Globalizing Social Justice
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00A study of the international NGO advocacy for social and environmental justice, it looks at the fundamental issues of legitimacy, accountability and democracy that such activities involve and how they are manifested. It presents case studies on trade issues, labour rights, extractive industries and indigenous people in Asia and South America. more...
Taking Aim at the Arms Trade
Zed Books 2010; US$ 35.95Taking Aim at the Arms Trade takes a critical look at the ways in which NGOs portray the arms trade as a problem of international politics and the strategies they use to effect change. Anna Stavrianakis exposes the tensions inherent in NGOs engagement with the arms trade and argues for a re-examination of dominant assumptions about NGOs as global... more...
The Making of International Trade Policy
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This book investigates the contributions of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to policymaking at the WTO, challenging the idea that NGOs can be narrowly understood as potential 'democratic antidotes' to the imperfections of Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs). The book highlights the significance of interactions between states, NGOs... more...
The African Human Rights System
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 90.00This book challenges the received scholarship on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The author applies economic and social theory to understanding the African Commission's dynamic treaty interpretation and the Commission's strategic manipulation of the Rules of Procedure to strengthen the African human rights system. more...
Megacommunities
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 16.99A hurricane strikes a city; terrorists attack a nation; global warming threatens the environment--such problems are too large for any one authority to solve alone. Our increasingly globalized and interconnected world calls for a new type of tri-sector leadership in which business, government and nonprofits work together in a state of permanent... more...









