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 learn. This edited quantity brings jointly a number of the prime students within the box to check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from numerous longitudinal reports of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this ebook assesses the various significant current and unresolved concerns at the moment hard the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the overseas scene during the last few years has correlated with its exponential financial development. the ecu Union (EU), the world's biggest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. accordingly, 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 bought from African leaders.

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

Diplomacy concept 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 assets in line with a standard criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, imaginitive and interesting theoretical works are disparate, additionally they proportion a typical thread that seeks to precise emancipatory targets 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 foreign 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 yank diplomats, the ebook explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and worldwide each day, and the way it contributes on to U.