Cultural Diplomacy In Europe

Author : Caterina Carta,Richard Higgott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030215446

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Cultural Diplomacy in Europe by Caterina Carta,Richard Higgott Pdf

This edited volume explores European cultural diplomacy, a topic of growing interest across the scholarly and applied public policy communities in recent years. The contributions focus on Europe, culture and diplomacy and the way they are interlinked in the contemporary international context. The European Union increasingly resorts to cultural assets and activity for both internal and external purposes, to foster European cohesion and advancing integration, and to mitigate the demise of other foreign policy components, respectively. This calls for an analysis of the strategic role of culture, especially as it relates to the realm of EU external action. The chapters provide a conceptual discussion of culture in international relations and examine how this concept relates to cultural diplomacy and cultural strategy. The authors discuss roles and relationships with the EU’s 2016 Global Strategy and current EU attempts to foster the EU’s political and societal resilience.

Author : Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht,Mark C. Donfried
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845459946

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Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy by Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht,Mark C. Donfried Pdf

Recent studies on the meaning of cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century often focus on the United States and the Cold War, based on the premise that cultural diplomacy was a key instrument of foreign policy in the nation’s effort to contain the Soviet Union. As a result, the term “cultural diplomacy” has become one-dimensional, linked to political manipulation and subordination and relegated to the margin of diplomatic interactions. This volume explores the significance of cultural diplomacy in regions other than the United States or “western” countries, that is, regions that have been neglected by scholars so far—Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By examining cultural diplomacy in these regions, the contributors show that the function of information and exchange programs differs considerably from area to area depending on historical circumstances and, even more importantly, on the cultural mindsets of the individuals involved.

Author : Anthony Haigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Cultural diplomacy
ISBN : UVA:X001753762

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Cultural Diplomacy in Europe by Anthony Haigh Pdf

Author : Mai'a K. Davis Cross,Jan Melissen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137315144

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European Public Diplomacy by Mai'a K. Davis Cross,Jan Melissen Pdf

Do the various aspects of Europe's multi-leveled public diplomacy form a coherent overall image, or do they work against each other to some extent? European Public Diplomacy pushes the literature on public diplomacy forward through a multifaceted exploration of the European case.

Author : Oliver Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429576393

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Cultural Diplomacy and International Cultural Relations: Volume I by Oliver Bennett Pdf

This book is the first in a dedicated series that explores questions of cultural diplomacy and international cultural relations. Drawing on a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, it throws new light on the function and operation of policies that seek to change attitudes, values and behaviours across national boundaries and in diverse geocultural contexts. The specific policies explored relate to ways in which sites of past violence and atrocity are deployed in strategies of soft power; to the contribution of culture to EU enlargement; to the use of the Russian language as a soft power resource; to the singularities of the Indian cultural diplomacy; to cultural diplomacy as elite legitimation; to the role of diaspora relations in European cultural diplomacy; to the use of film in post-war cultural diplomacy; and to the role assigned to culture in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement. Scholars interested in how cultural and foreign policy intersect in widely differing national contexts will find this book an invaluable resource. It was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy.

Author : Martina Topić,Siniša Rodin
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cultural policy
ISBN : 3631621620

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Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism by Martina Topić,Siniša Rodin Pdf

This book aims to contribute to the debate on European cultural policy and cultural diplomacy as well as to fill in the gap that exists in this under-researched field. It examines individual practices in 10 selected cases while the introduction study outlines main features of the EU cultural diplomacy.

Author : Ioan Horga,Maria Manuela Tavares Ribeiro,Alina Stoica
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443889339

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Culture and Paradiplomatic Identity by Ioan Horga,Maria Manuela Tavares Ribeiro,Alina Stoica Pdf

The beginning of the millennium has been influenced by a visible acceleration of the globalisation process. A complex and dynamic phenomenon, it has generated a series of consequences at the political, strategic and military levels, as well as the cultural level. The increase of interdependence between actors on the international stage, modern technologies, means of communication, cross-border relations, and the constant flux of goods, capital, services and people entail major changes for the tools used by states in international relations. In this context, states are obligated to identify solutions to overcome risks and threats posed to peace and security, as current regional conflicts can easily become international. In order to streamline communication and interstate cooperation, beyond the classic appeal to tolerance, there has been, in recent years, an exponential increase of the use of culture and, by extension, cultural diplomacy. Thus, cultural cooperation represents a vital part of the current process of transformation and transition. Adopting an interdisciplinary character, this volume investigates some of the aspects that emphasise the essential role of culture, as a promoter and supporter of peace and security, as an agent of regional and national development, as well as its contributions to attracting and retaining human and financial capital, regional branding, and improving quality of life, among others. The volume will particularly appeal to professors and students of political science, international relations, history, economy, law, and sociology, as well as intellectuals interested in the catalysing role of culture in all areas of activity.

Author : Jarmila Ptáčková,Ondřej Klimeš,Gary Rawnsley
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811555923

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Transnational Sites of China’s Cultural Diplomacy by Jarmila Ptáčková,Ondřej Klimeš,Gary Rawnsley Pdf

This edited volume presents the results of a three-year comparative study on Chinese cultural diplomacy (CD) across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, which contributes to the broader theoretical debate on China`s increasing soft power in international relations. The study, ‘China's Cultural Diplomacy and the Role of Non-State Actors’ was conducted by a research team at the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic from 2015 to 2018. This book pays special attention to China’s localized forms of CD, focusing on the regional variations and involvement of non-state actors, especially local actors outside China. Local actors involved in Chinese CD diplomacy are characterized by their intermediary status as working for the aims of two states, while trying to bridge conflicts and enhance mutual understanding. This book will be of interest to scholars, diplomats, and China watchers.

Author : Jozef Bátora,Monika Mokre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317156062

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Culture and External Relations by Jozef Bátora,Monika Mokre Pdf

Political entities use culture to support their soft power potential, to generate goodwill, to frame international agenda in particular ways, to erect and re-enact boundaries and/or to create societal linkages across them. While the importance of culture has been on the rise in the realm of foreign affairs, its role in this field remains one of the most under-studied aspects of state policy. In this book, a range of international experts take an unprecedented look at what role external cultural policy plays in foreign affairs. The book features historical case studies ranging from European 'civilizing' engagement with nineteenth-century China to uses of Abstract Expressionism as an instrument in the ideological struggles of the Cold War. Conceptual issues ranging from the dynamics of the 'Anglosphere' to the effects of what some term the 'culture of liberal democracy' are addressed. Current trends in the uses of culture in the EU's external relations both from the perspective of institutional developments, policies and practices in the EU and from the perspective of countries engaged by the EU's cultural policies are also discussed in greater detail. The systematic, theoretically informed and empirically supported analyses make this book an indispensable read for scholars and policy makers wishing to gain a new understanding of the role that culture plays in foreign affairs.

Author : Elisabet Carbó-Catalan,Diana Roig Sanz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110744552

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Culture as Soft Power by Elisabet Carbó-Catalan,Diana Roig Sanz Pdf

This book contributes to bridge the gap between different scholarly communities interested in the entanglements of culture and politics in the international arena. It sheds light on existing connections in their parallel evolution with a thorough literature review, complemented by several case studies showing the fruitful character of their interdisciplinary mobilisation. Through the notions of cultural relations, intellectual cooperation and cultural diplomacy, the book draws on a soft power perspective to offer a shared, novel, and interdisciplinary theoretical framework to approach cultural institutions and organisations that have been previously examined as isolated objects: for example, cultural institutes, international organisations, literary magazines, and literary contests. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume justifies the relevance of its content for scholars working in the history of international relations, international cultural relations and intellectual history, comparative literature, sociology of literature and global literary studies.

Author : Óscar J. Martín García,Rósa Magnúsdóttir
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110560510

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Machineries of Persuasion by Óscar J. Martín García,Rósa Magnúsdóttir Pdf

Over the last two decades, public diplomacy has become a central area of research within Cold War studies. Yet, this field has been dominated by studies of the United States' soft power practices. However, the so-called 'cultural dimension' of the Cold war was a much more multifaceted phenomenon. Little attention has been paid to European actors' efforts to safeguard a wide range of strategic and political interests by seducing foreign publics. This book includes a series of works which examine the soft power techniques used by various European players to create a climate of public opinion overseas which favored their interests in the Cold war context. This is a relevant book for three reasons. First, it contains a wide variety of case studies, including Western and Eastern, democratic and authoritarian, and core and peripheral European countries. Second, it pays attention to little studied instruments of public diplomacy such as song contests, sport events, tourism and international solidarity campaigns. Third, it not only concentrates on public diplomacy programs deployed by governments, but also on the role played by some non-official actors in the cultural Cold War in Europe

Author : Nora Praher
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783656766766

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Cultural diplomacy and international economic relations. The influence of french linguistic and cultural policy in higher education in Romania by Nora Praher Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 78% i.e First class, University of Birmingham, language: English, abstract: Cultural Diplomacy has played a vital part in the history of France’s international relations. In a report to the Chamber of Deputies on the functioning of the newly established educational and cultural institutes in East Europe in 1900, the French deputy Manuel Boucher set the rhetorical question, "What political operation or armed invasion was ever able, with less expenditure, to produce such important results?" (cited in Haigh 1974, p.22). France’s foreign policy in Central and Eastern Europe focused primarily on Poland and Romania. Political and cultural relations to Romania date back until the 18th century and still today Romania remains to be perceived as a strategic partner for France in Eastern Europe. One reason for this is the fact that Romania remains the most francophone European country whose official language is not French.Nearly a quarter of its population (22.44%) is estimated to be francophone and over half of its pupils at primary and lower secondary level study French. This represents the highest quota in a European country in which French has not the status of an official language (Eurostat 2013).Moreover, Romania has a strong affinity towards French culture and very good, long-standing political relations. According to the current Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta,it are these sound cultural and political relations which foster bilateral economic relations (Baragan, 2013). This allusion to the correlation of culture and economic collaboration represents the premise of this dissertation. The purpose of this research is to attempt an assessment of the long-term impact of France’s educational and cultural policies in Romania under the concept of Cultural Diplomacy for its economic relations with Romania in the late 20th and early 21st century.

Author : J. M. Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317377559

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International Cultural Relations by J. M. Mitchell Pdf

This book, originally published in 1986, analyses and describes the significance of cultural relations in international affairs. It traces the beginnings of cultural relations in the 19th century and their evolution. Consideration is given to the nature and organization of global ‘cultural diplomacy’, with a particular focus on France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USA. This book will be of interest to students in international affairs and modern history, but also to those working in government departments and agencies.

Author : Philippe Lane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846318658

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French Scientific and Cultural Diplomacy by Philippe Lane Pdf

France has long pursued active cultural and scientific diplomacy, historically aiming to both ensure and celebrate the international presence of France in language, culture, communication, higher education, and research. French Scientific and Cultural Diplomacy asks whether such diplomacy is in danger. Examining the network of embassies, cultural institutions, and various agencies across a range of sectors, it asks whether and how French diplomatic efforts aimed at helping artists, cultural professionals, teachers, researchers, and intellectuals can be improved, arguing for a coherent foreign policy that better connects disparate sectors and promotes stronger partnerships.

Author : Karène Sanchez Summerer,Sary Zananiri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Christians
ISBN : 9783030555405

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European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918–1948 by Karène Sanchez Summerer,Sary Zananiri Pdf

This open access book investigates the transnationally connected history of Arab Christian communities in Palestine during the British Mandate (1918-1948) through the lens of the birth of cultural diplomacy. Relying predominantly on unpublished sources, it examines the relationship between European cultural agendas and local identity formation processes and discusses the social and religious transformations of Arab Christian communities in Palestine via cultural lenses from an entangled perspective. The 17 chapters reflect diverse research interests, from case studies of individual archives to chapters that question the concept of cultural diplomacy more generally. They illustrate the diversity of scholarship that enables a broad-based view of how cultural diplomacy functioned during the interwar period, but also the ways in which its meanings have changed. The book considers British Mandate Palestine as an internationalised node within a transnational framework to understand how the complexity of cultural interactions and agencies engaged to produce new modes of modernity. Karène Sanchez Summerer is Associate Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Her research considers the European linguistic and cultural policies and the Arab communities (1860-1948) in Palestine. She is the PI of the research project (2017-2022), 'CrossRoads: European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine (1918-1948)' (project funded by The Netherlands National Research Agency, NWO). She is the co-editor of the series 'Languages and Culture in History' with W. Frijhoff, Amsterdam University Press. She is part of the College of Experts: ESF European Science Foundation (2018-2021). Sary Zananiri is an artist and cultural historian.He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow on the NWO funded project 'CrossRoads: European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine (1918-1948)' at Leiden University, The Netherlands.