1st Edition
Diplomacy and Global Governance The Diplomatic Service in an Age of Worldwide Interdependence
By Thomas Nowotny
Copyright 2011
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
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Traditional diplomacy is based on the notion of competing nation-states, each attempting to maximize its autonomy and independence. This notion is at odds with today's world in which even mighty states are enmeshed in a web of interdependence. Much of the world's economy, information, industry, and culture have become global. Given these massive changes, argues Thomas Nowotny, much of traditional... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Not Living up to Its Claims: Obsolete, Irrelevant, and Sometimes Dysfunctional; 3: Traditional Diplomacy and Its Operative Functions; 4: Diplomats as Symbols; 5: Confirming Identity through the Narrative on Foreign Policy; 6: Co-dependent: Discourse and Reality; 7: Beyond Its Usefulness: The Enduring Dogma of “Realpolitik”; 8: The Role of the Military and the Response to Threats and Risks; 9: From Anarchy to Cooperation; 10: Welded Together by the Economy: “All Politics Is Global”; 11: International Organizations: More Than Reflections of Narrow “National Interests” of Their Member States; 12: Moving beyond “Optimal Games”: The International Public Sector; 13: Non-Governmental Organizations, Nations without a Territory, and the Fractured Global “Polity”; 14: Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Elites; 15: Parliamentary Representation beyond the Borders; 16: Public Diplomacy; 17: Delocalization; 18: The Quasi-Governmental Function of Transnational Corporations and of Financial Institutions; 19: The State: Still the Crucial Hinge; 20: From Government to Governance; 21: Diplomats as Facilitators of Global Governance; 22: A New Setting for Diplomatic Activities; 23: The Diplomatic Service Needs to Adapt
Biography
Thomas Nowotny
