Diplomacy and the making of world politics
By: edited by Ole Jacob Sending, Vincent Pouliot and Iver B. Neumann
Series: Cambridge studies in international relations -- 136; Cambridge studies in international relations -- 136.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781107492004; 9781107099265
Subjects: World politics; Diplomacy
Description: "This book examines world politics through the lens of diplomatic practice. We argue that many global phenomena of our time, from international law to world order, through humanitarianism, global hierarchies, and public power, are made possible by evolving forms of diplomacy. In that sense, this book is not about diplomacy per se, but rather about the constitution of world politics in and through diplomatic practice. In order to shed new light on the making and remaking of international relations, we bring social theory to bear on diplomacy. Our starting point is simple: as we enter the 21st century, everybody seems to agree that diplomacy is changing yet few people can specify exactly how - and with what effects on world politics. Our goal is to produce new knowledge about the evolving character of diplomacy and the ways in which it (re-) constitutes significant facets of world politics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Ole Jacob Sending, Vincent Pouliot and Iver B. Neumann; Part I. Making of International Institutions. 1. International law and the politics of diplomacy / Ian Hurd ; 2. Diplomacy, war and world politics / Tarak Barkawi ; 3. The practice of permanent representation to international organizations / Vincent Pouliot; title: Part II. Making International Cooperation. 4. From representation to governing: diplomacy and the constitution of international public power / Jennifer Mitzen ; 5. Institutionalizing peace and reconciliation diplomacy: third-party reconciliation as systems maintenance / Iver B. Neumann ; 6. Christian ethics, actors and diplomacy: mediating universalist pretentions / Cecelia Lynch; title: Part III. Diplomacy as a Contested Terrain. 7. Diplomacy as economic consultancy / Leonard Seabrooke ; 8. US military diplomacy in practice / Captain Miriam Krieger, Lieutenant Commander Shannon L.C. Souma, and Daniel H. Nexon ; 9. Diplomats and humanitarians in crisis governance / Ole Jacob Sending; title: Conclusion: Relationalism or why diplomats find international relations theory strange / Rebecca Adler-Nissen.