Diplomatic theory
Subtitle: a focused comparison approach
By: Barry H. Steiner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781442239050; 9781442239067
Subjects: Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes; Interpersonal relations; Conflict management; Diplomacy
Description: This book presents a new mode of analyzing how and why states negotiate, in which focused comparison of specific types of cases yields empirically grounded generalizations about diplomatic variability. Designed to encourage inductive case comparison, it introduces that method and elaborates upon its strengths and weaknesses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a diplomatic viewpoint; title: When diplomatic communication is missing; title: Bargaining, negotiation, and convergent interests; title: Diplomacy as independent and dependent variable; title: Diplomatic mediation as an independent variable; title: To arms control or not; title: Diplomacy as effect : public opinion as constraint and pressure; title: Seeking diplomatic theory : an interim report.