Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the World Actors of State Diplomacy (Diplomatic Studies)

Ministries of foreign affairs are prominent institutions at the heart of state diplomacy. Although they have lost their monopoly on the making of national foreign policies, they still are the operators of key practices associated with diplomacy: communication, representation and negotiation. Often studied in a monographic way, ministries of foreign affairs are undergoing an adaptation of their practices that require a global approach. This book fills a gap in the literature by approaching ministries of foreign affairs in a comparative and comprehensive way. The best international specialists in the field provide methodological and theoretical insights into how best to study institutions that remain crucial for the world diplomacy. Contributors are: Thierry Balzacq, Guillaume Beaud, Gabriel Castillo, Andrew Cooper, Rhys Crilley, Jason Dittmer, Mikael Ekman, Bruno Figueroa, Karla Gobo, Minda Holm, Marcus Holmes, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Nikolaj Juncher Waedegaard, Casper Klynge, Halvard Leira, Christian Lequesne, Ilan Manor, Jan Melissen, Iver B. Neumann, Birgitta Niklasson, Kim B. Olsen, Pierre-Bruno Ruffini, Claudia Santos, Jorge A. Schiavon, Damien Spry, Kamna Tiwary, Geoffrey Wiseman, and Reuben Wong. Contents Contributors Chapter 1 Ministries of Foreign Affairs: A Crucial Institution to be Revisited Part 1 Recruitment and Career Chapter 2 The Social Origin of Career Diplomats in Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Still an Upper-Class Elite? Chapter 3 The Gendered Networking of Diplomats Chapter 4 Ethnic Diversity in the Recruitment of Diplomats: Why Ministries of Foreign Affairs Take the Issue Seriously Chapter 5 The Making of a Diplomatic Elite in a Revolutionary State: Loyalty, Expertise and Representativeness in Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Part 2 Diplomacy and Politics Chapter 6 Expertise and Politics in Ministries of ForeignAffairs: The Politician-Diplomat Nexus Chapter 7 The Impact of Leader-Centric Populism on Career Diplomats: Tests of Loyalty, Voice, and Exit in Ministries of Foreign Affairs Chapter 8 The Impact of Globalisation and Neoliberal Structural Reforms on the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs Part 3 New Policy Practices Chapter 9 Implementing the EU’s Russia Sanctions: A Geoeconomic Test Case for French and German Ministries of Foreign Affairs Chapter 10 Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Challenge of Science Diplomacy Chapter 11 Consular Diplomacy in the Era of Growing Mobility Chapter 12 Diplomacy in the Digital Age: Lessons from Denmark’s TechPlomacy Initiative Chapter 13 The Mediatisation of Ministries of Foreign Affairs: Diplomacy in the New Media Ecology Chapter 14 From Delhi to Dili: Facebook Diplomacy by Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the Asia-Pacific Part 4 Researching and Theorising Ministries of Foreign Affairs Chapter 15 Approaching Ministries of Foreign Affairs through Ethnographic Work Chapter 16 Diplomacy in the Rearview Mirror: Implications of Face-to-Face Diplomacy Ritual Disruption for Ministries of Foreign Affairs Chapter 17 Distributed Agency: Foreign Policy sans MFA Chapter 18 The Site of Foreign Policy: A Field Theory Account of Ministries of Foreign Affairs Index 294-298_web.pdf _gjdgxs _Hlk8647793 "Ministries of foreign affairs are prominent institutions at the heart of state diplomacy. Although they have lost their monopoly on the making of national foreign policies, they still are the operators of key practices associated with diplomacy: communication, representation and negotiation. Often studied in a monographic way, ministries of foreign affairs are undergoing an adaptation of their practices that require a global approach. This book fills a gap in the literature by approaching ministries of foreign affairs in a comparative and comprehensive way. The best international specialists in the field provide methodological and theoretical insights into how best to study institutions that remain crucial for the world diplomacy. Contributors are: Stéphanie Balme, Thierry Balzacq, Guillaume Beaud, Gabriel Castillo, Andrew Cooper, Rhys Crilley, Jason Dittmer, Mikael Ekman, Bruno Figueroa, Karla Gobo, Minda Holm, Marcus Holmes, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Nicolaj Juncher Waedegaard, Casper Klynge, Halvard Leira, Christian Lequesne, Ilan Manor, Jan Melissen, Iver Neumann, Kim Olsen, Claudia Santos, Damien Spry, Jorge Schiavon Uriegas, Kamna Tiwary, Geoffrey Wiseman, and Reuben Wong"-- Provided by publisher