Product Description: Once the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organizations at some level involve NGOs, business actors and scientific experts in policy-making...read more

Product Description: The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. We are witnessing a gradual and partial shift from inter-state co-operation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as NGOs, party associations, philanthropic foundations and corporations...read more

The EU policy process is dependent on negotiations as a mode of reaching agreements on, and implementing, common policies. The EU negotiations differ from traditional international negotiations in several respects and this book presents a detailed analysis of the processes while examining their distinguishing features.The authors explore the variety of negotiation processes, the continuity and institutionalization of negotiation processes as well as the involvement of a variety of actors besides governments, often linked in informal networks. Going beyond the common distinctions based on issue-areas or the EU as negotiation arena as opposed to negotiating actor externally, the authors explore the impact of different stages in the policy process and the nature of the external negotiating partner.

Product Description: Essence of Diplomacy explores the essential, timeless features of diplomacy, drawing on the historical record of over three millennia. In their effort at making international relations (IR) theory relevant to diplomacy, and diplomacy relevant to IR theory, the authors identify three essential dimensions of diplomacy: communication, representation and the reproduction of international society...read more

Product Description: The study of diplomacy - in many respects the 'engine room' of international relations - has been marked by a revitalisation in recent years. This three-volume collection is the first to bring together the seminal writings in the field to provide a unique reference work on this essential institution for the conduct of international affairs...read more

Product Description: This book combines perspectives from political science, history and geography to provide a comprehensive introduction to 'Europe' or European space as we understand it today. Central to the book is the phenomenon of the sovereign state and the question of alternative ways of organizing Europe politically and economically...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This study explores the role of interorganizational relations and social networks in facilitating - or, conversely, frustrating - co-operation in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It begins with an historical overview of AIDS as it relates to transnational policy processes and a critical review of the limiations of orthodox international relations approaches for describing and explaining such international co-operation. The book goes on to examine crucial aspects of the co-operation process, including politics of agenda-setting: when, how and why did organizational players and individual leaders come to pay serious attention to the AIDS issue at the international level? The evolving structure and process of interorganizational relations are analyzed with particular focus on mapping social networks among transnational actors and identifying associated social roles and positions. In this context, processes of both formal and informal coordination are investigated, as are network mobilization and network sustainability. Finally, the book focuses on leadership in international co-operation and explores the micro and macro foundations of leadership as it relates to the followership.