Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition [Paperback]

G. R. Berridge (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0333969294 | ISBN-13: 978-0333969298 | Publication Date: May 3, 2002 | Edition: 2nd

The series was launched in 1994. Its chief purpose is to encourage original scholarship on the theory and practice of international diplomancy, including its legal regulation. The interests of the series thus embrace such diplomatic functions as signalling, negotiation and consular work, and methods such as summitry and the multilateral conference. Whilst it has a sharp focus on diplomacy at the expense of foreign policy, therefore, the series has no prejudice as to historical period or approach. It also aims to include manuals on protocol and other aspects of diplomatic practice which will be of immediate, day-to-day relevance to professional diplomats. A final ambition is to reprint inaccessible classic works on diplomacy. This book deals comprehensively with diplomacy narrowly conceived, that is, as the conduct of relations between sovereign states through the medium of officials based at home or abroad. It is not, like some, a book on 'diplomacy;' nor is it, like others, a book on the British Diplomatic Service disguised as a book on diplomacy in general. It is a book on the processes and procedures of the diplomatic art that focuses chiefly on the recent past but is rooted in history, and it draws on evidence and examples from across the world. It is the only general textbook on diplomacy that has a major emphasis on negotiation (the most important function of diplomats), as well as a major chapter on unconventional diplomatic methods.

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About the Author

G.R. Berridge is Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, and general editor of the Palgrave Studies in Diplomacyseries. His recent books are International Politics, and with Alan James, A Dictionary of Diplomacy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2nd edition (May 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333969294
• ISBN-13: 978-0333969298
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well-composed introduction to diplomacy, June 21, 2010

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Mesut Uyar "infantry" (Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (Paperback)

This is an excellent book with highly readable prose. It is covering almost all the important traits of diplomacy - i.e. the art of negotiation, embassies, consulates, diplomacy without diplomatic relations. I especially liked the historical examples that the author provides within the text without moving away from the topic. Because I liked the examples I decided to read his other work "British Diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the Present.