Search for dissertations about: "Diplomacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the word Diplomacy.

  2. 1. Servants of Diplomacy : The Making of Swedish Diplomats, 1905-1995

    Author : Nevra Biltekin; Bo Persson; Kirsti Niskanen; Lisa Öberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diplomats; bureaucratization; diplomacy; field theory; generalist; recruitment; in-house schooling; diplomatic masculinity; social class; diplomatic memoirs; History; historia;

    Abstract : From the dissolution of Sweden’s Union with Norway in 1905 until the country’s membership in the European Union in 1995, diplomats in Sweden underwent a number of reforms that aimed to create a professionally recruited and capable cadre of civil servants, serving Swedish diplomacy. The purpose of the dissertation is to analyze the shaping of Swedish diplomats in the twentieth century. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Ambassador's Letter : On Diplomacy as Ideological State Apparatus

    Author : Alexander Stagnell; Mats Rosengren; Otto Fischer; Ola Sigurdson; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Diplomacy; Diplomacy Studies; Slavoj Zizek; André Brink; Other research area; Annat forskningsområde; Rhetoric;

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  5. 3. The Resilience of Diplomacy : Adaptation and Continuity of Diplomatic Practice in Crises

    Author : August Danielson; Anna Michalski; Ludvig Norman; Frédéric Mérand; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; diplomacy; practices; European Union; G20; crises; international organizations; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I study how crises impact diplomatic norms and practices. Diplomacy plays a fundamental role in enabling peaceful and constructive relations between states. READ MORE

  6. 4. Representing Cultural Diplomacy : Soft Power, Cosmopolitan Constructivism and Nation Branding in Mexico and Sweden

    Author : Cesar Villanueva Rivas; Tom Bryder; Bo Petersson; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural Diplomacy; Theory of Representation; Soft Power; Cosmopolitan Constructivism; Nation Branding; Identity; Alterity; Mexican Culture and Swedish Culture; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study aims at understanding how representational theories can substantiate the field of Cultural Diplomacy by looking at three models: Cosmopolitan Constructivism, Nation Branding and Soft Power. This study aims at understanding how representational theories can substantiate the field of Cultural Diplomacy by looking at three models: Cosmopolitan Constructivism, Nation Branding and Soft Power. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Ambassador's Letter : On the Less Than Nothing of Diplomacy

    Author : Alexander Stagnell; Mats Rosengren; Otto Fischer; Anders Bartonek; Frank Ruda; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Diplomacy; Ideology; Rhetoric; Slavoj Žižek; International Relations; Rhetoric; Retorik; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

    Abstract : The principal aim of this dissertation is to answer the age-old question What is diplomacy? But this study approaches the question in what might, on first look, appear oblique. By employing Slavoj Žižek’s reworked notion of Ideologiekritik with respect to the history, science, and artistic explorations of diplomacy, this work begins by extracting three of its essential problems: the name, death, and representation. READ MORE