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 experiences and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage study. This edited quantity brings jointly the various top students within the box to envision the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from numerous longitudinal experiences of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this e-book assesses many of the significant current and unresolved matters presently not easy the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the foreign scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential monetary 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 that 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 by way of the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and through the beneficial reaction that China's funding proposals have obtained 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 components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and examine those theories and their resources in response to a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, innovative and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage a standard 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 all the way down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious career that has passed through a dramatic transformation seeing that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yankee diplomats, the ebook explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and all over the world each day, and the way it contributes on to U.