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 study. This edited quantity brings jointly many of the prime students within the box to envision the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal reports of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this booklet assesses the various significant latest and unresolved matters presently tough 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 monetary development. the ecu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. consequently, 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 by means of the luck of China's investments in Africa, and by way 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 idea 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 assets based on a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, inventive and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage a typical 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 global of foreign international relations all the way down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious occupation that has gone through a dramatic transformation considering September eleven, 2001. in the course of the tales of yankee diplomats, the e-book explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and world wide on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.