European and North American Policy Change: Drivers and Dynamics (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)

The difficulty of coverage dynamics is a key one in coverage stories and one that is very amenable to comparative coverage study. This edited quantity brings jointly a few of the prime students within the box to envision 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 ebook assesses many of the significant latest and unresolved concerns presently demanding 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 fiscal development. the eu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement reduction supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. consequently, 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 through the good fortune 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 conception is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and evaluate those theories and their resources in accordance with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, resourceful and interesting theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage 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 passed through a dramatic transformation due to the fact September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yank diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and all over the world on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.