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 learn. This edited quantity brings jointly the various best students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal reviews of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this booklet assesses a few of the significant current and unresolved concerns at present hard the self-discipline.

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

China's upward thrust at the overseas scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal development. the eu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement reduction supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. accordingly, 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 good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and through 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 thought is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to examine those theories and their resources in line with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, imaginitive and interesting theoretical works are disparate, in addition they proportion a typical thread that seeks to precise 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 right down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious occupation that has passed through a dramatic transformation for the reason that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yank diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and world wide each day, and the way it contributes on to U.