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 learn. This edited quantity brings jointly a few of the best students within the box to check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal experiences of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this e-book assesses the various significant present and unresolved matters presently tough the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the foreign scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal development. the eu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. hence, 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 via the luck of China's investments in Africa, and via 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 concept is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to evaluate those theories and their assets in response to a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, resourceful and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion a standard 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 international 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 due to the fact that September eleven, 2001. in the course of the tales of yank diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and world wide on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.