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 experiences and one that is especially amenable to comparative coverage learn. This edited quantity brings jointly a number of the top students within the box to check the definition, conceptualization and operationalization of coverage switch. Drawing on empirical fabrics from numerous longitudinal reviews of Europe and North American coverage improvement, this booklet assesses many of the significant current and unresolved matters presently hard the self-discipline.

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

China's upward push at the foreign scene over the last few years has correlated with its exponential fiscal development. the eu Union (EU), the world's greatest improvement relief supplier, has been feeling the warmth of Beijing's nearer ties with Africa. therefore, 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 means of 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 conception 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 assets based on a typical criterion or logical form. This author argues that whereas those pioneering, ingenious and interesting theoretical works are disparate, in addition 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 right down to earth and places a human face on a mysterious occupation that has gone through a dramatic transformation considering that September eleven, 2001. throughout the tales of yankee diplomats, the ebook explains how their paintings impacts thousands of individuals within the usa and world wide each day, and the way it contributes on to U.