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 very amenable to comparative coverage examine. This edited quantity brings jointly the various best students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from a number of longitudinal stories of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this publication assesses a number of the significant latest and unresolved matters at the moment not easy 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 monetary development. the eu 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 extra uncovered either by way of the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and by means of 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 conception is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to examine those theories and their resources in keeping with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, ingenious and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage a typical thread that seeks to specific emancipatory targets 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 passed through a dramatic transformation on the grounds that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yankee diplomats, the publication 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.