Public Diplomacy Books

New and Published Books

1. Relational, Networked and Collaborative Approaches to Public Diplomacy

   The Connective Mindshift

   Edited by R.S. Zaharna, Amelia Arsenault, Ali Fisher

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Information, Politics and Society

   Over the past decade, scholars, practitioners, and leading diplomats have forcefully argued for the need to move beyond one-way, mass-media-driven campaigns and develop more relational strategies. In the coming years, as the range of public diplomacy actors grows, the issues become more complexly...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Climate Change Negotiations

   A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation

   Edited by Gunnar Sjöstedt, Ariel Macaspac Penetrante

   As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. Climate Change Negotiations: A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
3. Global Cities, Governance and Diplomacy

   The Urban Link

   By Michele Acuto

   Series: Routledge New Diplomacy Studies

   This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the diplomatic connections between cities and global governance. While there is a growing body of literature concerned with explaining the transformations of the international order, little theorisation has...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Chinese Diplomacy and the UN Security Council

   Beyond the Veto

   By Joel Wuthnow

   Series: Politics in Asia

   China has emerged in the 21st century as a sophisticated, and sometimes contentious, actor in the United Nations Security Council. This is evident in a range of issues, from negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program to efforts to bring peace to Darfur. Yet China’s role as a veto-holding member of the...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid

   By Erik Lundsgaarde

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   In spite of shared rhetorical commitments to tackling poverty worldwide, donors have varied considerably in their use of aid as an instrument for global poverty reduction. This book explains varied donor priorities by examining how societal actors, governmental actors, and the institutions that...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
6. The State and Security in Mexico

   Transformation and Crisis in Regional Perspective

   Edited by Brian Bow, Arturo Santa-Cruz

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   At the turn of the millennium, Mexico seemed to have finally found its path to political and economic modernization; a state which had been deeply embedded in society was being pulled out, with new political leaders allowing market forces to play a greater role in guiding the nation’s economic...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. China’s Search for Energy Security

   Domestic Sources and International Implications

   Edited by Suisheng Zhao

   China’s rapid economic growth in the recent decades has produced an unprecedented energy vulnerability that could threaten the sustainability of its economic development, a linchpin to social stability and ultimately the regime legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as well as the...

   Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. European Security Governance and the European Neighbourhood after the Lisbon Treaty

   Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard

   The EU has often been considered to be a weak security actor. However, any assessment of the EU’s role in international security is underpinned by a specific understanding of security. This book is based on a broad understanding of security. We consider that security concerns are increasingly...

   Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
9. Leadership and Policy Innovation – From Clinton to Bush

   Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

   By Joseph R. Cerami

   Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

   Throughout the Cold War there were longstanding efforts to control the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) through extensive arms control, deterrence, and defense programs. Since then counterproliferation efforts by the U.S. and international community have accelerated. Given the attention...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
10. EU Conditionality in the Western Balkans

    Edited by Florian Bieber

    Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

    This volume examines how European institutions, the European Union in particular through its policy of conditionality, have shaped the post-conflict reconstruction of the Western Balkans. From state-building to democratization and environmental policies, this book explores whether and in...

    Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge