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 reviews and one that is very amenable to comparative coverage examine. This edited quantity brings jointly a number of the top students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal stories of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this publication assesses the various significant present and unresolved matters presently tough 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 eu 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 extra uncovered either through the luck of China's investments in Africa, and via 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 idea 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 keeping with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, imaginitive and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, in addition they percentage a standard thread that seeks to precise emancipatory pursuits 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 all the way down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious occupation that has passed through a dramatic transformation due to the fact that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yankee diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and all over the world on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.