Home Engagement in Diplomacy

Global Affairs and Domestic Publics
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73836-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Diplomatic Studies

How do governments engage their own citizens in global affairs? Home Engagament in Diplomacy explores the emerging practice of ‘home engagement,’ where diplomacy reaches beyond traditional state actors to interact directly with society. This volume examines how domestic audiences influence foreign policy, the challenges governments face in fostering meaningful dialogue, and the diverse approaches seen across democracies and authoritarian states. Featuring fresh empirical insights and multiple theoretical perspectives, this book offers a ground-breaking look at diplomacy’s evolving role in an interconnected world.

Contributors are: Githma Chandrasekara, Andrew F. Cooper, Anna Geis, Scott Harrison, Quinton Huang, César Jiménez-Martínez, HwaJung Kim, Christian Lequesne, Jan Melissen, Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer, Anna Popkova, Allison Scott, Toshiya Takahashi, Geoffrey Wiseman, Yun Zhang, and Štepánka Zemanová.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Melissen, Jan

Kim, HwaJung

Chandrasekara, Githma

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction Jan Melissen, HwaJung Kim and Githma Chandrasekara

1 Theorising and Debating the Domestic Deficit in IR and Diplomatic Studies Jan Melissen and Githma Chandrasekara

2 Citizens as Problems or Resources: Power, Diplomacy, and the Contested Voice of the Nation César Jiménez-Martínez

3 The Evolution of Domestic Public Diplomacy in Germany: Engaging the ‘Public’ at Home on Foreign and Security Policy Since 1990 Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer and Anna Geis

4 Home Diplomacy Across Borders: Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy in France Christian Lequesne

5 Social Legitimacy, State–Society Relations and Non-State Actor Diplomacy in Japan Toshiya Takahashi

6 Internal Societisation of Diplomacy: The Disintegration of State-Society Relations and Its Moderating Effects on Japanese Diplomacy toward China Yun Zhang

7 Diplomacy and People: Contrasting Cases of the Two Koreas’ People-Empowerment Approaches to Diplomacy HwaJung Kim

8 Engaging Citizens in a Polarised Society: The Choices for US Diplomacy Geoffrey Wiseman and Allison Scott

9 United States Citizen Diplomacy and the Domestic Publics: Navigating the Contested Terrain of Diversity, Inclusion and Representation in State-Supported Programmes Anna Popkova

10 Democratic Diplomatic Middle Grounds: Theorising and Expanding the Role of Domestic Societies in Paradiplomatic Relations Scott Michael Harrison and Quinton Huang

11 The Benefits and Pitfalls of Engaging Youth in Diplomatic Affairs: A Case Study of the Junior Diplomat Initiative Štepánka Zemanová

12 Concluding Reflections Andrew F. Cooper

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Melissen is Editor-in-Chief of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, The Hague, and Professor of Diplomacy in the Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp.

HwaJung Kim, PhD, is a Research Professor at Ewha Womans University’s Institute for International and Area Studies, appointed by Korea’s National Research Foundation in 2021. She has worked with the Korean Association for Public Diplomacy since 2020.

Githma Chandrasekara is an independent researcher and communications consultant based in Sri Lanka. A Junior Fellow and Editorial Assistant at The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, she holds an MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy from Leiden University, The Hague.