The Practice of Diplomacy: Its Evolution, Theory and Administration

By Richard Langhorne and Keith A. Hamilton

Book Overview

Practice of Diplomacy has become established as a classic text in the study of diplomacy. This much-needed second edition is completely reworked and updated throughout and builds on the strengths of the original text with a strong empirical and historical focus.

Topics new and updated for this edition include:

discussion of Ancient and non-European diplomacy including a more thorough treatment of pre-Hellenic and Muslim diplomacy and the diplomatic methods prevalent in the inter-state system of the Indian sub-continent

evaluation of human rights diplomacy from the nineteenth-century campaign against the slave trade onwards

a fully updated and revised account of the inter-war years and the diplomacy of the Cold War, drawing on the latest scholarship in the field

an entirely new chapter discussing core issues such as climate change; NGOs and coalitions of NGOs; trans-national corporations; foreign ministries and IGOs; the revolution in electronic communications; public diplomacy; transformational diplomacy and faith-based diplomacy.

This text has established itself as a core text in the field of diplomacy and this new edition is absolutely essential reading for students and practitioners of diplomacy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415497655
• ISBN13: 9780415497657
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"