Despite the essential role diplomatic training plays in the everyday workings of international relations, international law and in the various multilateral organisations, this practice has received little critical attention in the humanities, social and political sciences. Bringing together detailed accounts of the histories, development and contemporary practices of diplomatic training with insights from key practitioners, this edited collection places training centrally within our understanding of international relations. It argues that diplomatic training both reflects and reproduces hegemonic power relations, whilst at the same time offering opportunities to contest them, and imagine alternative futures. The book includes a substantive introduction, nine full-length chapters from a range of disciplinary and regional perspectives drawing on archival research, oral history, interviews, and ethnographic methods, and four 'interventions': reflection pieces from trainers and directors of training programmes. It offers a globe-spanning, interdisciplinary account of the politics of diplomatic training and appeals to both scholarly and practitioner audiences.
| ISBN: | 9781526188762 |
| Publication date: | 10th February 2026 |
| Author: | Ruth Craggs, Jonathan Harris, Fiona McConnell |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Key Studies in Diplomacy |
| Genres: |
International relations Diplomacy History |
Despite the essential role diplomatic training plays in the everyday workings of international relations, international law and in the various multilateral organisations, this practice has received little critical attention in the humanities, social and political sciences. Bringing together detailed accounts of the histories, development and contemporary practices of diplomatic training with insights from key practitioners, this edited collection places training centrally within our understanding of international relations. It argues that diplomatic training both reflects and reproduces hegemonic power relations, whilst at the same time offering opportunities to contest them, and imagine alternative futures. The book includes a substantive introduction, nine full-length chapters from a range of disciplinary and regional perspectives drawing on archival research, oral history, interviews, and ethnographic methods, and four 'interventions': reflection pieces from trainers and directors of training programmes. It offers a globe-spanning, interdisciplinary account of the politics of diplomatic training and appeals to both scholarly and practitioner audiences.
Diplomatic Training features in the following genres: International relations, Diplomacy, History
Diplomatic Training is available in Hardback
Diplomatic Training was written by Ruth Craggs, Jonathan Harris, Fiona McConnell and published by Manchester University Press
Diplomatic Training has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Key Studies in Diplomacy series
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