The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society

by Sharp, Paul; Wiseman, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780230001657
• ISBN10: 0230001653
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection of essays examines the diplomatic corps as an institution of international society. Contributors include both leading scholars from the field of diplomatic studies, serving diplomats, and scholar-diplomats. The central argument of the volume is that the diplomatic corps provides one of the few unambiguous ways by which an international society is constituted and finds expression. As the chapters show, however, what this means precisely varies hugely by setting and circumstance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Diplomatic Corps from the Past to the Present: Historical and Conceptual Background	p. 13
The Origins of the Diplomatic Corps: Rome to Constantinople	p. 15
The Diplomatic Corps as a Symbol of Diplomatic Culture	p. 31
The Diplomatic Corps as a Settled Affair	p. 39
The Washington Diplomatic Corps: The Place, the Professionals, and their Performance	p. 41
The London Diplomatic Corps	p. 75
The Emergence and Practices of the Oslo Diplomatic Corps	p. 83
The Diplomatic Corps Recalled by Practitioners	p. 103
Diplomacy in the East: Seoul, Beijing and Pyongyang, 1981-2002	p. 105
Representing India in the Diplomatic Corps	p. 125
The Diplomatic Corps in Action	p. 143
The Kathmandu Diplomatic Corps: In Search of a Role in Times of Transformation	p. 145
Genocide in Rwanda and the Kigali Diplomatic Corps: Consultation, Cooperation, Coordination	p. 168
The Skopje Diplomatic Corps and the Macedonian Political Crisis of 2001	p. 197
The Future of the Diplomatic Corps	p. 221
A European Epistemic Community of Diplomats	p. 223
Esprit de Corps: Sketches of Diplomatic Life in Stockholm, Hanoi, and New York	p. 246
Conclusion: The Diplomatic Corps' Role in Constituting International Society	p. 265
Index	p. 278
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