Public Diplomacy in a Changing World

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4129-6687-0
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 616, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 469 g

Reihe: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series

Although the concept of public diplomacy has been part of America's wartime strategy as far back as the Revolutionary War, the term itself is relatively new. In the wake of the events of September 11 and the ensuing War on Terror, there has been an increasing awareness of the negative global image of the United States and intense concern over how communication may be used to improve that image. Within that context, the concept and term public diplomacy have become more notable among practitioners and the American public.

Yet public diplomacy has mostly been neglected by scholars and only recently begun to attract academic attention. This volume of The ANNALS commences the first collection of scholarly articles focusing on public diplomacy--the practice through which international actors attempt to advance the ends of policy by engaging with foreign publics--and examines it as an international phenomenon and an important component of statecraft.

Most of the papers of this compelling volume sprang from the Center on Public Diplomacy, at the University of Southern California, which launched the first master's degree program in public diplomacy. Although many of the authors provide practitioner experiences to their work, they write from the perspective of academic disciplines.

The opening section provides a solid foundation for the theoretical understanding of public diplomacy, with six papers written from a variety of disciplines, including communication, international relations, history, and politics.

Next, the focus turns to how practitioners implement public diplomacy. By studying the popular tools of public diplomacy, the second section considers the roles of place branding, international broadcasting, and exchange programs.

Although grounded in American scholarship, this volume acknowledges that the concept of public diplomacy is international. Featuring case studies that stretch beyond the United States to Venezuela, Cuba, and China, the final section provides an international composition of the role public diplomacy.

Researchers, students, and practitioners alike will find this leading-edge collection of articles to inspire future debate, research, and inquiry in a field of study that is ripe for growth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cowan, Geoffrey

Cull, Nicholas J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Theorizing Public Diplomacy
Moving from Monologue to Dialogue to Collaboration: The Three Layers of Public Diplomacy - Geoffrey Cowan and Amelia Arsenault
Public Diplomacy: Taxonomies and Histories - Nicholas J. Cull
Searching for a Theory of Public Diplomacy - Eytan Gilboa
The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance - Manuel Castells
Public Diplomacy and Soft Power - Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power - Ernest J Wilson III
The Tools of Public Diplomacy
Place Branding: The State of the Art - Peter van Ham
New Technologies and International Broadcasting: Reflections on Adaptations and Transformations - Monroe E. Price, Susan Haas and Drew Margolin
Mapping the Undefinable: Some Thoughts on Relevance of Exchange Programs within International Relations Theory - Giles Scott-Smith
National Case Studies of Public Diplomacy and Commentary
International Exchanges and the U.S. Image - Nancy Snow
Buena Vista Solidarity and the Axis of Aid: Cuban and Venezuelan Public Diplomacy - Michael J. Bustamante and Julia E. Sweig
Public Diplomacy and the Rise of Chinese Soft Power - Yiwei Wang
Public Diplomacy: Sunrise of an Academic Field - Bruce Gregory