European and North American Policy Change: Drivers and Dynamics (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)

The difficulty 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 prime 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 e-book assesses the various significant latest and unresolved matters at present not easy 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 monetary development. the eu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement reduction supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. for that reason, 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 by way of 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 idea is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and examine those theories and their resources based on a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, creative and fascinating theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion 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 foreign international relations all the way down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious career that has passed through a dramatic transformation because September eleven, 2001. during the tales of yank diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and all over the world each day, and the way it contributes on to U.