Beschreibung:
The 2010 WikiLeaks release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables has made it eminently clear that there is a vast gulf between the public face of diplomacy and the opinions and actions that take place behind embassy doors. In At Home with the Diplomats, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry. Neumann worked for several years at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he had an up-close view of how diplomats conduct their business and how they perceive their own practices. In this book he shows us how diplomacy is conducted on a day-to-day basis.
Introduction: Who Are They and Where Do They Come From?Chapter 1. Abroad: The Emergence of Permanent DiplomacyChapter 2. At Home: The Emergence of the Foreign MinistryChapter 3. The Bureaucratic Mode of Knowledge ProductionChapter 4. To Be a DiplomatChapter 5. Diplomats Gendered and ClassedConclusion: Diplomatic KnowledgeReferencesIndex