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decolonisation
Diplomacy
diplomatic history
diplomatic training
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geopolitics
hegemonic power relations
International education
international law
Internationalism
multilateral organisations
pedagogies of diplomatic training
pedagogy
Practice Theory
Practitioner perspectives
Product details
- ISBN 9781526188762
- Weight: 562g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Jonathan Harris is Assistant Professor in Political Geography at Dublin City University
Ruth Craggs is Reader in Political and Historical Geography at King’s College London
Fiona McConnell is Professor of Political Geography at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at St Catherine's College
