European and North American Policy Change: Drivers and Dynamics (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)

The difficulty of coverage dynamics is a key one in coverage reports and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage learn. This edited quantity brings jointly a few of the prime students within the box to check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from numerous longitudinal experiences of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this booklet assesses many of the significant current and unresolved concerns at the moment 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 progress. the eu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement relief 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 additional uncovered either through the luck 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 thought is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and examine those theories and their assets in accordance with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, inventive and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion a typical thread that seeks to specific 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 global of foreign international relations right down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious career that has gone through a dramatic transformation on account that September eleven, 2001. in the course of the tales of yank diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and all over the world on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.