International institutions

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…