Bücher von Robert O'Brien

"Lost Poems of My Youth" beckons the soul into a profound journey through the tapestry of the human condition. Poems written in my youth and rediscovered after three decades. This collection of poems and cantos, penned with the weight of introspection and the grace of a bygone era's quill, chronicles a pilgrimage through landscapes both desolate and lush with vivid emotion. Each poem-a reflective shard of a larger mosaic-explores the depths of existential dread, the pinnacles of ephemeral joy, and the quiet spaces in between. Here, the echoes of a village swallowed by silence, the wisdom found in the sky's form, and the battle cries against the demons of our own making resound in harmonious discord. Crafted for the contemplative spirit, these poems serve as waypoints on a path of self-discovery and universal truth, where every reader finds a piece of themselves within the verse. "Lost Poems of My Youth" is not just a book of poetry-it's an odyssey that stitches the reader into the very fabric of its timeless narrative.

This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors of civil society is producing a new form of global governance. The authors investigate 'complex multilateralism' by studying the relationship between three multilateral economic institutions (the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organization), and three global social movements (environmental, labour and women's movements). They provide a rich comparative analysis of the institutional response to social movement pressure, tracing institutional change, policy modification and social movement tactics as they struggle to influence the rules and practices governing trade, finance and development regimes. The contest to shape global governance is increasingly being conducted upon a number of levels and amongst a diverse set of actors. Analysing a unique breadth of institutions and movements, this book charts an important part of that contest.