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 stories and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage examine. This edited quantity brings jointly the various best students within the box to check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from various longitudinal stories of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this e-book assesses the various significant present and unresolved matters at the moment not easy the self-discipline.

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

China's upward thrust at the foreign scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential financial progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. consequently, 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 via 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 idea 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 accordance with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, creative and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, in addition they percentage a standard 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 overseas international relations all the way down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious occupation that has gone through a dramatic transformation given that September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yankee 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.