TY - BOOK AU - Cornago,Noe TI - Plural diplomacies: normative predicaments and functional imperatives T2 - Diplomatic studies SN - 9789004249554 AV - JZ1305 .C68 2013 U1 - 327.2 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Leiden PB - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers KW - Diplomacy KW - History KW - Mediation N1 - Includes index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. Meanings of Diplomacy -- 2. Pluralization -- 3. Diplomacy within States? -- 4. Commodity Diplomacy -- 5. Antidiplomacies -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - In Plural Diplomacies: Normative Predicaments and Functional Imperatives Noé Cornago asserts the need to restore the long-interrupted continuity between the relevance of diplomacy as raison de système - in a world which is much more than a world of States - and its unique value as a way to mediate the many alienations experienced by individuals and social groups. The book contends that an incursion beyond conventional understanding of diplomatic studies, into fields of knowledge such as social studies of science, psychology, critical sociology of law, or conceptual history, offers expanded potential within the field by addressing the modern complexities of global life. With particular attention to the semantics of diplomacy, pluralization of diplomacy, diplomacy within states, commodity diplomacy, and finally, antidiplomacy, 'PluralDiplomacies: Normative Predicaments and Functional Imperatives' offers a new vision of diplomacy for the twenty-first century UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004249554 ER -