Diplomacy in a Globalizing World

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"In Diplomacy in a Globalizing World: Theories and Practices, twenty-three esteemed scholars contribute to the debate about the changing nature of contemporary diplomacy and its future theoretical and practical implications. Filling a gap in the foreign policy textbook market, this unique volume balances breadth with depth and theory with practice, illustrating through cutting-edge comparative analyses that twenty-first century diplomacy is best understood as "complex diplomacy." The selections analyze diplomacy's historical and contemporary developments; Western and non-Western diplomatic theories and practices; sociological and political theories of diplomacy; and various diplomatic structures, processes and instruments, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, public diplomacy, bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, and intelligence. The text is enhanced by numerous pedagogical tools"-- "The revolution in information and communication technologies and globalization processes are changing long-standing theories and practices of diplomacy. In this book twenty-three diplomacy scholars contribute their recent research to the debate about the changing nature of contemporary diplomacy and its implications for future theories and practices. They trace diplomacy's evolution over time and space, analyzing such factors as: diplomacy's historical and contemporary developments, Western and non-Western diplomatic theories and practices, sociological and political theories of diplomacy, and different diplomatic structures, processes and instruments, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, public diplomacy, bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, and intelligence. Balancing breadth with depth and theory with practice, the book illustrates through comparative, comprehensive, contemporary and cutting-edge analyses that twenty-first century diplomacy is best understood as "complex diplomacy." Along with this conceptual conclusion, the book offers a variety of pedagogical tools, making it uniquely placed to excite students and teachers, to further their understanding of diplomacy in a globalizing world and to sustain diplomacy's central role in stabilizing world politics today"--