- Acknowledgements
- List of Boxes
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Guided Tour of the Textbook Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- World map
- Introduction: The Nature of Politics and Political Analysis
- 1. Politics and the State
- 2. Political Power, Authority, and the State
- 3. Democracy and Political Obligation
- 4. Freedom and Justice
- 5. Traditional Ideologies
- 6. Challenges to the Dominant Ideologies
- 7. Institutions and States
- 8. Law, Constitutions, and Federalism
- 9. Votes, Elections, Legislatures, and Legislators
- 10. Political Parties
- 11. Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance
- 12. Civil Society, Interest Groups, and the Media
- 13. Democracies, Democratization, and Authoritarian Regimes
- 14. Introducing Global Politics
- 15. Traditional Theories in Global Politics
- 16. Critical Approaches to Global Politics
- 17. Security and Insecurity
- 18. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
- 19. International Organizations in Global Politics
- 20. Global Political Economy
- Conclusion: Towards a Globalizing, Post-Western-Dominated World
- Glossary
- References
- Index
(p. 402) 18. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
- Chapter:
- (p. 402) 18. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
- Author(s):
Stephanie Lawson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198704386.003.0019
This chapter discusses diplomacy and the conduct of foreign policy, both of which are fundamental to relations between political communities worldwide. It first considers diplomacy and its related concept, statecraft, in global history, focusing on some important concepts such as raison d'état (reason of state) and machtpolitik (power politics). It then examines diplomatic practice in contemporary global politics, with particular emphasis on track-two diplomacy and third-party mediation, along with developments in diplomacy during the Cold War. It also looks at public diplomacy, which may be understood as an instrument of ‘soft power’ in contrast with the methods of power politics. It concludes with an overview of the European Union's common foreign and security policy.
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- Acknowledgements
- List of Boxes
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Guided Tour of the Textbook Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- World map
- Introduction: The Nature of Politics and Political Analysis
- 1. Politics and the State
- 2. Political Power, Authority, and the State
- 3. Democracy and Political Obligation
- 4. Freedom and Justice
- 5. Traditional Ideologies
- 6. Challenges to the Dominant Ideologies
- 7. Institutions and States
- 8. Law, Constitutions, and Federalism
- 9. Votes, Elections, Legislatures, and Legislators
- 10. Political Parties
- 11. Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance
- 12. Civil Society, Interest Groups, and the Media
- 13. Democracies, Democratization, and Authoritarian Regimes
- 14. Introducing Global Politics
- 15. Traditional Theories in Global Politics
- 16. Critical Approaches to Global Politics
- 17. Security and Insecurity
- 18. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
- 19. International Organizations in Global Politics
- 20. Global Political Economy
- Conclusion: Towards a Globalizing, Post-Western-Dominated World
- Glossary
- References
- Index
