Description:
How do governments engage their own citizens in global affairs? Home Engagement in Diplomacy explores the emerging practice of 'home engagement, ' where diplomacy reaches beyond traditional state actors to interact directly with society. This volume examines how domestic audiences influence foreign policy, the challenges governments face in fostering meaningful dialogue, and the diverse approaches seen across democracies and authoritarian states. Featuring fresh empirical insights and multiple theoretical perspectives, this book offers a ground-breaking look at diplomacy's evolving role in an interconnected world.
Contributors are: Githma Chandrasekara, Andrew F. Cooper, Anna Geis, Scott Harrison, Quinton Huang, César Jiménez-Martínez, HwaJung Kim, Christian Lequesne, Jan Melissen, Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer, Allison Scott, Toshiya Takahashi, Geoffrey Wiseman, Yun Zhang, and Stěpánka Zemanová.
Review Quotes: "This exceptionally knowledgeable and visionary chapter is not only an introduction to the book, it generates ideas for theory building and research in diplomatic studies." -Bruce Gregory, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, George Washington University
Review of Chapter 1: "Theorising and Debating the Domestic Deficit in ir and Diplomatic Studies" by Jan Melissen and Githma Chandrasekara