Diplomacy and the Making of World Politics

Ole Jacob Sending, Vincent Pouliot, Iver B. Neumann

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781107099265
• eBook ISBN: 9781316371787
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book examines world politics through the lens of diplomatic practice. It argues that many global phenomena of our time, from the making of international law to the constitution of international public power, through humanitarianism and the maintenance of global hierarchies, are made possible and shaped by evolving forms of diplomacy. The study of diplomacy is largely dominated by firsthand accounts and historical treaties, with little effort at theoretical discussion. This book shows how diplomatic studies can benefit from more explicit theorizing, and argues that the study of world politics should pay more attention to what goes on in the diplomatic 'engine room' of international politics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Making of international institutions
• Part II Making international cooperation
• Part III Diplomacy as a contested terrain
• Conclusion: Relationalism or why diplomats find international relations theory strange
• Bibliography
• Index