Diplomatic theory : a focused comparison approach / Barry H. Steiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steiner, Barry H. (Barry Howard), 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.

Diplomacy.

Interpersonal relations.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

xi, 259 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Summary:

This book is intended as a primer for generalizing on a case-comparison basis about diplomatic statecraft, including resources and techniques available to states to attain their objectives. Twenty years in the making, it employs an inductive method in which small samples of cases occurring at different times and between different states are studied to track and understand specific variable diplomatic behavior. Its concern with empirically-grounded generalization, in which hypotheses are formulated and tested by case similarities and differences, is a new approach to diplomatic analysis. Diplomacy, though central to international relations study and practice, has generally been studied normatively rather than theoretically, in contrast to other international relations topics. Students of diplomacy, emphasizing statecraft's complexity, have generally shied away from theory, while theory-minded international relations analysts have neglected statecraft and highlighted military capabilities and positional rivalries as determiners of state behavior. This book instead builds diplomatic theory by investigating variation in case experience, especially in the diplomatic choices made by states. It shows that theorizing is enhanced by a diplomatic point of view and by distinguishing diplomatic behavior as cause and as effect.

Contents:

Preface

List of cases

List of tables

Introduction

Toward a diplomatic viewpoint

When diplomatic communication is missing

Bargaining, negotiation, and convergent interests

Diplomacy as independent and dependent variable

Diplomatic mediation as an independent variable

To arms control or not

Diplomacy as effect: public opinion as constraint and pressure

Seeking diplomatic theory: an interim report

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Steiner, Barry H. (Barry Howard), 1942- Diplomatic conflict management.

ISBN:

9781442239050

1442239050

9781442239067

1442239069

OCLC:

1015859148