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 reviews and one that is very amenable to comparative coverage learn. This edited quantity brings jointly a few of the major students within the box to envision the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage swap. Drawing on empirical fabrics from numerous longitudinal stories of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this e-book assesses the various significant current and unresolved concerns at present tough the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the overseas scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal development. the ecu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement relief 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 means of the good fortune of China's investments in Africa, and via 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 thought is witnessing a veritable explosion of works in the components of modernism and postmodernism, but there was no try and examine those theories and their resources in accordance with a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, creative and interesting theoretical works are disparate, additionally they percentage a typical thread that seeks to specific 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 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 due to the fact September eleven, 2001. throughout the tales of yankee diplomats, the publication explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and worldwide on a daily basis, and the way it contributes on to U.