"Over the last 30 years, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly present in international discourses and active in international decision-making. Among the estimated several million NGOs in existence today, an increasingly visible number of organizations a…
Delivering as one
Basic call to consciousness
"Recognition of, and respect for the rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples is an important subject that has received growing attention from the international community especially during the last 25 years." "Erica-Irene Daes, the author of this book has been at the heart of t…
This book examines the relationship between women, gender and the international security agenda, exploring the meaning of security in terms of discourse and practice, as well as the larger goals and strategies of the global women's movement. this book explores the nature and imp…
"The end of the Cold War appeared to revitalise the Security Council and offered the prospect of restoring the United Nations to its central role in the maintenance of international peace and security. Between the Gulf War of 1990 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the UN Secretaria…
Critical Security Studies establishes a critical perspective for the study of post-Cold War international relations, and examines challenges to international security caused by regional fragmentation, and by global economic and cultural change.
This book provides an account of Belize's struggle for independence in the face of Guatemala's territorial claim. Written by a key player in the independence struggle, this book details the history of the territorial claim and of the international campaign that made it possible …