| International Pecking Orders: The Politics and Practice of Multilateral Diplomacy Contributor(s): Pouliot, Vincent (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107143438 ISBN-13: 9781107143432 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | Intergovernmental Organizations |
| Dewey: 327.8 |
| LCCN: 2015045193 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.06" W x 9.29" (1.49 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others. Practitioners often refer to this form of diplomatic hierarchy as the 'international pecking order'. This book is a study of international hierarchy in practice, as it emerges out of the multilateral diplomatic process. Building on the social theories of Erving Goffman and Pierre Bourdieu, it argues that diplomacy produces inequality. Delving into the politics and inner dynamics of NATO and the UN as case studies, Vincent Pouliot shows that pecking orders are eminently complex social forms: contingent yet durable; constraining but also full of agency; operating at different levels, depending on issues; and defined in significant part locally, in and through the practice of multilateral diplomacy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pouliot, Vincent: - Vincent Pouliot is Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. He is the author of International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy (Cambridge, 2010) and the co-editor of Diplomacy and the Making of World Politics (Cambridge, 2015) and International Practices (Cambridge, 2011). |
