World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law, Economics, and Politics

By Bernard M. Hoekman, Petros C. Mavroidis

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the most important international organizations in existence today. It contains a set of disciplines that affect the...

Published June 14th 2007 by Routledge.

The United States and Central America

Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility

By Mark B. Rosenberg, Luis G. SolisJorge I. DomínguezRafael Fernández de Castro

This book is a concise overview of the recent history of U.S.-Central American relations. Part of the Contemporary Inter-American Relations series edited by Jorge Dominguez and...

Published May 30th 2007 by Routledge.

A Crisis of Global Institutions?

Multilateralism and International Security

By Edward Newman

The legitimacy of global institutions which address security challenges is in question. The manner in which they make decisions and the interests they reflect often...

Published May 24th 2007 by Routledge.

By Jan Hancock

This book analyzes the role of human rights in the foreign policy of the George W. Bush Administrations.

References to human rights, freedom and democracy...

Published May 17th 2007 by Routledge.

The International Committee of the Red Cross

A Neutral Humanitarian Actor

By David P. Forsythe, Barbara Ann J. Rieffer-Flanagan

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a complex position in international relations, being the guardian of international humanitarian law but often acting...

Published May 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security

By Michael C. Williams

This book examines the role of culture in contemporary security policies, providing a critical overview of the ways in which culture has been theorized in...

Published May 1st 2007 by Routledge.

The International Diffusion of Women's Human Rights

By Lynn Savery

Why have states in general been slower to incorporate the international diffusion of women’s human rights norms domestically than other human rights norms and why...

Published April 20th 2007 by Routledge.

The Labour Party and Foreign Policy

A History

By John Callaghan

This book provides a penetrating new study of the Labour Party’s thinking on international relations, which probes the past, present and future of the party’s...

Published April 19th 2007 by Routledge.

Globalisation and Citizenship

The Transnational Challenge

Edited by Wayne Hudson, Steven Slaughter

This wide-ranging volume explores the impact of globalization upon citizenship, with a special focus on the transnational challenges that globalization poses.

While there is much...

Published April 5th 2007 by Routledge.

The UN Charter and the Major Powers

By Joel Westra

Since the UN Charter came into effect in 1945, there have been numerous incidents in which one or more of the five major powers (at...

Published March 22nd 2007 by Routledge.