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At Home with the Diplomats: Inside a European Foreign Ministry
Iver B. Neumann
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Description for At Home with the Diplomats: Inside a European Foreign Ministry
Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6, maps. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
The 2010 WikiLeaks release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables has made it eminently clear that there is a vast gulf between the public face of diplomacy and the opinions and actions that take place behind embassy doors. In At Home with the Diplomats, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry. Neumann worked for several years at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he had an up-close view of how diplomats conduct their business and how they perceive their own practices. In this book he shows us how diplomacy is conducted on a ... Read more
The 2010 WikiLeaks release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables has made it eminently clear that there is a vast gulf between the public face of diplomacy and the opinions and actions that take place behind embassy doors. In At Home with the Diplomats, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry. Neumann worked for several years at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he had an up-close view of how diplomats conduct their business and how they perceive their own practices. In this book he shows us how diplomacy is conducted on a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801477652
SKU
V9780801477652
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About Iver B. Neumann
Iver B. Neumann is Professor and Director of Research at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He is the author of and coauthor most recently of .
Reviews for At Home with the Diplomats: Inside a European Foreign Ministry
Based on a close ethnographic and historical analysis of Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iver B. Neumann's book provides a detailed, fascinating insider account of the behavior of Norwegian diplomats. Neumann offers critical anthropological insight into the wider world of international diplomacy from its origins to the present day, including the cultural norms and values that define what it means ... Read more