Fringe players and the diplomatic order : the new heteronomy? / Jozef Bátora, associate professor, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia, Nik Hynek, associate professor, Metropolitan University, Prague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bátora, Jozef.

Contributor:

Hynek, Nik.

Series:

Studies in diplomacy and international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy.

Social change.

Physical Description:

vii, 214 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hondmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"This book combines organization theory oriented institutionalism with Eisenstadt's work on comparative liminality, to develop a unique analytical framework and explore the dynamic of stability and change in institutionalized orders. It then applies this framework to analyze ways how three fringe players of the modern diplomatic order - the Holy See (HS), the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), and the European Union (EU) - have been accommodated within that order. Batora and Hynek reveal that the modern diplomatic order is less state-centric than conventionally assumed and is instead better conceived of as a heteronomy - an order characterized by co-existence of units with different age, and structurally and ontologically different principles of growth and operation. They argue that this heteronomous character of the modern diplomatic order renders it more robust and far less susceptible to change than much of the proliferating literature on the changing nature of diplomacy has presented it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Social Scientific Conceptualizations of Diplomacy

2. Diplomacy as an Institution Embedded in Environments, Structures and Practices

3. Studying Liminality and Fringe Players in the Modern Diplomatic Order

4. The Holy See: Global Borderless Sovereignty and Double-Hatted Diplomats

5. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Extraordinary Resilience Meets the Chance

6. The European Union: Bending the Rules to Fit In

7. Conclusion: Liminality, Co-Existing Diplomatic Orders and the 'New' Diplomatic Heteronomy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index.

ISBN:

9780230363939

0230363938

OCLC:

889005410

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