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 reviews and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage study. This edited quantity brings jointly a number of the top students within the box to envision the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from a number of longitudinal stories of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this publication assesses many of the significant latest and unresolved matters at present difficult the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the overseas scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. therefore, 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 way of the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and via the beneficial reaction that China's funding proposals have bought 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 parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to examine those theories and their assets in line with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, innovative and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, in addition 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 international of foreign international relations right down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious occupation that has passed through a dramatic transformation considering the fact that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yank diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and world wide each day, and the way it contributes on to U.