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Diplomacy´s Value: Creating Security in 1920s Europe and the Contemporary Middle East
Brian C. Rathbun
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Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3JJG; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
What is the value of diplomacy? How does it affect the course of foreign affairs independent of the distribution of power and foreign policy interests? Theories of international relations too often implicitly reduce the dynamics and outcomes of diplomacy to structural factors rather than the subtle qualities of negotiation. If diplomacy is an independent effect on the conduct of world politics, it has to add value, and we have to be able to show what that value is. In Diplomacy's Value, Brian C. Rathbun sets forth a comprehensive theory of diplomacy, based on his understanding that political leaders have distinct ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801479908
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V9780801479908
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About Brian C. Rathbun
Brian C. Rathbun is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Partisan Interventions: European Party Politics and Peace Enforcement in the Balkans, also from Cornell, and Trust in International Cooperation: International Security Institutions, Domestic Politics, and American Multilateralism.
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Rathbun argues that policy makers should think of realism, rationalism, and liberalism not as theories that capture the singular essence of diplomacy but as sets of prescriptions that guide behavior. Summing Up: Recommended.
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