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 reviews 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 check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from quite a few longitudinal experiences of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this booklet assesses a number of the significant latest and unresolved concerns 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 during the last few years has correlated with its exponential financial 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 through the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and by way of 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 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 assets based on a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, creative and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion a typical 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 career that has gone through a dramatic transformation on account that September eleven, 2001. in the course of the tales of yankee 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.