The fundamental change in policing that began in 2001 was a critical part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Seventy years after its establishment the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) remained distrusted and unrepresentative of the Catholic - nationalist community. This book explores how policin[...]

A study of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a large nongovernmental, global regulatory network whose scope and influence rivals that of the UN system. It explores the ISO's role as a facilitator of essential economic infrastructure and the implication of ISO techniques for a[...]