International Pecking Orders: The Politics and Practice of Multilateral Diplomacy

ISBN-13: 9781316507766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 340 str.

Vincent Pouliot

Opis

Argues that diplomacy is structured by a largely unspoken hierarchy of standing, which practitioners refer to as the 'pecking order'.

Recenzje

'Overall, International Pecking Orders represents a significant contribution to the literature on international practices; the theoretical analysis is innovative, with meticulous, multimethod research on NATO and the UN.' Miles Evers, International Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction: all the world's a stage; Part I. Situations: 1. The politics of multilateral diplomacy; 2. A practice theory of social stratification; Part II. Dispositions: 3. The diplomatic sense of place; 4. A working consensus: the negotiation of the 2010 Strategic Concept and the NATO pecking order; Part III. Relations: 5. Permanent representation: relational structure and practical logics; 6. Clan politics: Security Council reform and the UN pecking order; Part IV. Positions: 7. State practices and multilateral fields; 8. The field logics of multilateral pecking orders: NATO and the UN compared; Conclusion: the miracle of multilateral pecking orders; Appendix: research design, methods and data.