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 stories and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage study. This edited quantity brings jointly a few of the best students within the box to envision the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from a number of longitudinal experiences of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this publication assesses many of the significant current and unresolved matters at the moment demanding the self-discipline.

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

China's upward thrust at the overseas scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal progress. the ecu Union (EU), the world's greatest 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 by means of the luck 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 thought is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the parts of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try to evaluate those theories and their resources in keeping with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, resourceful and intriguing theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion 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 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. in the course of the tales of yank diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals within the usa and around the globe on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.