THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION

The Chicago conference revisited - the record and legacy; from the DC-3 to hypersonic flight - the changing environment; ICAO in the United Nations context - a case history in functionalism; decision making in ICAO - who governs in the governing body?; international aviation and the Third World - the politics of equal opportunity; civil and military aviation - sharing the same sky; international conflicts and the safety of air travel; flying targets - armed attacks against civil aviation; terrorism in the sky - setting security standards; terrorism in the sky - the elusive grasp of the law; deregulation dilemmas - air transport and European integration; deregulation dilemmas - flying the flag in the global market. Appendices: The freedoms of the air; convention of international civil aviation (extracts); ICAO conventions dealing with unlawful interference with civil aviation; ICAO assembly sessions.

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