The practice of diplomacy : its evolution, theory, and administration /
Keith Hamilton and Richard Langhorne.
- 2nd ed.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
- ix, 317 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Pt. 1. From the beginnings until 1815 -- Ch. 1. The old world -- Ch. 2. The diplomacy of the Renaissance and the resident ambassador -- Ch. 3. The emergence of the "old diplomacy" -- Pt. 2. From 1815 to the present -- Ch. 4. The "old diplomacy" -- Ch. 5. The "new diplomacy" -- Ch. 6. Total diplomacy -- Ch. 7. Diplomacy diffused -- Pt. 3. Conclusion -- Ch. 8. Diplomacy transformed and transcended.
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.