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 especially amenable to comparative coverage study. This edited quantity brings jointly a number of the major students within the box to ascertain the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from numerous longitudinal reports of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this e-book assesses a number of the significant latest and unresolved matters at the moment demanding the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the foreign scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential financial development. the eu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement reduction supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. for this 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 by way of the good fortune 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 conception is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to examine those theories and their resources in accordance with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, imaginitive and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage 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 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 when you consider that September eleven, 2001. throughout the tales of yankee diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and around the globe each day, and the way it contributes on to U.