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 very amenable to comparative coverage examine. This edited quantity brings jointly the various top 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 booklet assesses a few of the significant present and unresolved matters presently hard 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 fiscal progress. the ecu 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 by way of 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 parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to evaluate those theories and their resources in line with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, imaginitive and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion a typical 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 global 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 considering September eleven, 2001. throughout the tales of yank diplomats, the ebook explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and all over the world each day, and the way it contributes on to U.