Diplomatic tenses: A social evolutionary perspective on diplomacy

Diplomatic tenses: A social evolutionary perspective on diplomacy

by Iver Neumann
Diplomatic tenses: A social evolutionary perspective on diplomacy

Diplomatic tenses: A social evolutionary perspective on diplomacy

by Iver Neumann

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Overview

Offering an alternative and a complement to existing histories of diplomacy, this book discusses change in the form of ‘tipping points’, which it understands as the culmination of long-term trends. Part I discusses social evolution on the general level of institutions. It argues that in cases where a diplomatic institution’s tipping points are defined by the types of entities that make it up, the consular institution has evolved from concerning polities of independent traders to becoming ever more of a state concern. Part II challenges the existing literature’s treatment of diplomacy as an elite, textual affair. It lays the groundwork for studying visual diplomacy and observes that the increasingly marginal vision of diplomacy as a confrontation between good and evil survives in popular culture. The book concludes by identifying the future of diplomacy as a struggle between state-to-state based diplomacy and diplomacy as networked global governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526148711
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 11/24/2020
Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Iver B. Neumann is Director of The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: the nature of diplomacy
2 The evolution of diplomacy
3 The evolution of the consular institution (with Halvard Leira)
4 The evolution of visual diplomacy
5 Presentability
6 Diplomatic subjunctive: the case of Harry Potter’s realms
7 Conclusion: towards diplomacy as global governance
Reference
Index

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