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 especially amenable to comparative coverage examine. This edited quantity brings jointly the various major students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from a number of longitudinal reports of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this booklet assesses a few of the significant current and unresolved matters at the moment demanding the self-discipline.

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

China's upward thrust at the foreign scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential financial progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement reduction 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 means of the luck of China's investments in Africa, and by way of the beneficial reaction that China's funding proposals have acquired from African leaders.

Emancipatory International Relations: Critical Thinking in International Relations (New International Relations)

Diplomacy idea 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 assets in accordance with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, resourceful and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, in addition they proportion a standard thread that seeks to specific emancipatory targets 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 occupation that has gone through a dramatic transformation seeing that September eleven, 2001. throughout the tales of yank diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and around the globe on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.