European and North American Policy Change: Drivers and Dynamics (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)

The problem of coverage dynamics is a key one in coverage reports and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage study. This edited quantity brings jointly many of the top students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from quite a few longitudinal reviews of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this ebook assesses a few of the significant current and unresolved matters at the moment difficult the self-discipline.

China and the European Union in Africa: Partners or Competitors?

China's upward push at the overseas scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential financial progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. for this reason, the EU's total policy-making in the direction of Africa has suffered from a lack of credibility and this has been additional uncovered either via the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and by means of the beneficial reaction that China's funding proposals have bought from African leaders.

Emancipatory International Relations: Critical Thinking in International Relations (New International Relations)

Diplomacy thought is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and examine those theories and their resources in accordance with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, creative and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, in addition they proportion a typical thread that seeks to precise emancipatory objectives for diplomacy.

America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st-Century Diplomacy (Second Updated Edition)

"America's different military" brings the high-flying global of overseas international relations right down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious career that has gone through a dramatic transformation on account that September eleven, 2001. throughout the tales of yankee diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and around the globe each day, and the way it contributes on to U.