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 study. This edited quantity brings jointly the various top students within the box to check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal reviews of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this publication assesses a few of the significant present and unresolved concerns at the moment difficult the self-discipline.

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

China's upward thrust at the foreign scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal development. the ecu 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 extra uncovered either through the luck of China's investments in Africa, and by means of the beneficial reaction that China's funding proposals have obtained from African leaders.

Emancipatory International Relations: Critical Thinking in International Relations (New International Relations)

Diplomacy conception is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and evaluate those theories and their resources in response to a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, creative and interesting theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage a standard thread that seeks to specific emancipatory objectives 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 occupation that has passed through a dramatic transformation in view that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yank diplomats, the booklet explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and around the globe each day, and the way it contributes on to U.