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 learn. This edited quantity brings jointly the various prime students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from a number of longitudinal experiences of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this publication assesses a number of the significant current and unresolved concerns presently tough the self-discipline.

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

China's upward thrust at the foreign scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential monetary progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement reduction supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. for that 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 via 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 concept is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to evaluate those theories and their resources in keeping with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, resourceful and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion a typical thread that seeks to specific emancipatory ambitions 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 given that September eleven, 2001. in the course of the tales of yank diplomats, the e-book explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and worldwide on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.