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

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

China's upward push at the foreign scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential monetary progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. therefore, 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 by means of the luck of China's investments in Africa, and through the beneficial reaction that China's funding proposals have got from African leaders.

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

Diplomacy idea is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and examine those theories and their resources in keeping with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, innovative and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, in addition they proportion a standard 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 international of overseas international relations right down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious career that has gone through a dramatic transformation in view 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 on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.