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Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Acta Universitatis Carolinae Studia Territorialia. 2017, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p35-60. 26p.

Abstract: This article aims to explain the existence and longevity of East-West contacts across the Iron Curtain between groups of actors in various international organizations. Three particular organizations, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN ...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Review of International Political Economy. Dec2016, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p1001-1033. 33p.

Abstract: Who controls global policy debates on shadow banking regulation? We show how experts secured control over how issues in shadow banking regulation are treated by examining the policy recommendations of the Bank of International Settlements, the Internat...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): SEEU Review. 2016, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p167-179. 13p.

Abstract: Being one of the largest movements of displaced people through European borders since World War Two, the Syrian refugee crisis of 2015 and 2016, tested the coordination of the states and international organizations, and as well as the strategies for re...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Journal of Civil Society. Apr2016, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p57-81. 25p.

Abstract: Why are relations between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international organizations (IOs) sometimes conflictual and other times collaborative? This article evaluates hypotheses in the international relations and social movements literatures...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Studies in Comparative International Development. Mar2016, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p81-102. 22p.

Abstract: In this essay, we explore how international organizations (IOs) have shaped how economic development has been conceptualized, promoted, and practiced since the end of World War II. We conceive of development as an international regime that provides str...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Public Health Reviews (2107-6952). 2016, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p1-20. 20p.

Abstract: International organizations have defined and managed different aspects of migrant health issues for decades, yet we lack a systematic understanding of how they reach decisions and what they do on the ground. The present article seeks to clarify the sta...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): European Journal of International Relations. Sep2015, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p568-594. 27p.

Abstract: The most recent transformation of world order is often depicted as a shift from a Westphalian to a post-Westphalian era in which international organizations are becoming increasingly independent sites of authority. This internationalization of authorit...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Review of Policy Research. Sep2015, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p517-537. 21p.

Abstract: Since the 1990s over 158 countries established pro-market reforms in telecommunications-a fast pace for such a drastic change. For example, Sweden and Botswana, two nations vastly different across multiple dimensions, both liberalized their telecom sec...

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Source(s): Journal of Conflict Resolution. Sep2015, Vol. 59 Issue 6, p1074-1100. 27p.

Abstract: Who gets what in bargaining between states and international organizations (IOs)? Although distributional conflict is unavoidable in international cooperation, previous research provides few empirical insights into the determinants of bargaining outcom...

Publication Type: Academic Journal

Source(s): Sinéctica. Jul-Dec2015, Issue 45, p1-23. 23p.

Abstract: En las últimas dos décadas, el aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida (ALV) se ha constituido en un campo emergente de estudio y práctica y en un principio organizador de las políticas educativas en todo el mundo. Este impulso no es fortuito; es resultado, ...