The sixth edition of EC/EU Fact Book has been updated with new legislation, directives and initiative relating to the European Community. It provides the relevant facts on all matters regarding the EC and is divided into sections on the workings, policies and business strategy o…
"Although France and Germany (and the many German states existing before the creation of Germany in 1871) were pitted against each other in several successive wars between 1792 and 1945, they influenced each other's ideas, political structures, and legislation. There were fans o…
The informational role of international institutions and domestic politics. Why did President Bush attempt to acquire a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force before the war with Iraq, even though there was a substantial risk that his request wou…
The rapid loss of biological diversity is a major global environmental problem. This dissertation analyzes the conservation of crop genetic diversity, a particularly important component of global biodiversity, within a framework of multi-scale linkages. It examines the impact of…
In recent years, those interested women's human rights have placed increasing confidence in the ability of international institutions and nongovernmental organizations to promote their cause both globally and domestically. This has been particularly the case with constructivist …
This study fills what has long been recognized as a major gap in the field of International Relations (IR): an account of when and how change occurs in the structure of the international system. Attempts to create social change, to create or to alter intersubjectivity, are relat…
"The publications of the interdisciplinary and internationally networked Research Platform?World Order? Religion? Violence? seek to improve our understanding of the relationship between religion, politics and violence. It therefore deals especially with the return of religious t…
"The publications of the interdisciplinary and internationally networked Research Platform 2World Order {u2013} Religion {u2013} Violence3 seek to improve our understanding of the relationship between religion, politics and violence. It therefore deals especially with the return…