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Andrew F. Cooper - Diplomatic Afterlives - 9780745661988 - V9780745661988
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Diplomatic Afterlives

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Description for Diplomatic Afterlives hardcover. No longer content to fade away into comfortable retirement, a growing number of former political leaders have pursued diplomatic afterlives. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 2. Weight in Grams: 388.

No longer content to fade away into comfortable retirement, a growing number of former political leaders have pursued diplomatic afterlives. From Nelson Mandela to Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, to Tony Blair and Mikhail Gorbachev, this set of highly-empowered individuals increasingly try to make a difference on the global stage by capitalizing on their free-lance celebrity status while at the same time building on their embedded ?club? attributes and connections.

In this fascinating book, Andrew F. Cooper provides the first in-depth study of the motivations, methods, and contributions made by these former leaders as they take on new responsibilities beyond ... Read more

Mixing big picture context and illustrative snapshots, Diplomatic Afterlives offers an illuminating analysis of the influence and the pitfalls of this highly visible but under-scrutinized phenomenon in world politics.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745661988
SKU
V9780745661988
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Andrew F. Cooper
Andrew F. Cooper Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Reviews for Diplomatic Afterlives
"This is an excellent book. It studies the global role of former leaders, frames it within the broader setting of the shifting nature of global governance, and elucidates its many dimensions with great verve and gusto. In shifting from the general to the particular (with its detailed, mini-portraits of individual leaders) Cooper makes the narrative come alive. The book makes ... Read more

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