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 reports and one that is very amenable to comparative coverage examine. This edited quantity brings jointly many of the top students within the box to envision the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal reviews of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this ebook assesses many of the significant latest and unresolved concerns at present difficult 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 ecu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement reduction 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 by means of the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and by means of 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 and evaluate those theories and their assets in keeping with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, ingenious and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, in addition they percentage a standard thread that seeks to precise 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 foreign international relations all the way down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious career that has passed through a dramatic transformation for the reason that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yank diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and worldwide on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.