03201cam a2200421 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007801500190009501600180011402000260013202000250015803500240018304000760020704200330028305000240031608200140034008400150035410000240036924500640039326000640045730000250052149000560054650400510060250508150065352009770146865000150244565000160246065000410247665000450251765000360256265000250259865000200262365000320264371000470267583000570272211784620230410121155.0100928s2009    enk      b    001 0 eng    a16480557  a  2009517081  aGBA9933232bnb7 a0153772012Uk  a9780521760263 (cased)  a9780521757553 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn319494944  aUKMcUKMdDLCdBTCTAdYDXCPdBWKdVA@dNLGGCdTJCdCDXdGEBAYdEUXdDLC  aukblsralccopycatalccopycat14aJZ 1305bSH531 200904a327.2222  a89.702bcl1 aSharp, Paul,d1953-10aDiplomatic theory of international relations /cPaul Sharp.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2009.  axi, 339 p. ;c23 cm.1 aCambridge studies in international relations ;v111  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 ap. 1. Tradition of international thought and the disappointments of diplomacy -- Diplomacy and diplomats in the radical tradition -- Diplomacy and diplomats in the rational tradition -- Diplomacy and diplomats in the realist tradition -- p. 2. Elements of a diplomatic tradition of international thought -- The diplomatic tradition : conditions and relations of separateness -- The diplomatic tradition : diplomacy; diplomats and international relations -- p. 3. Diplomatic understanding and international societies -- Using the international society idea -- Integration - disintegration -- Expansion - contraction -- Concentration - diffusion -- p. 4. Thinking diplomatically about international issues -- Rogue state diplomacy -- Greedy company diplomacy -- Crazy religion diplomacy -- Dumb public diplomacy.  aDiplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations theories to make sense of what diplomacy and diplomats do, this book explores what diplomacy and diplomats can contribute to the big theoretical and practical debates in international relations today. Sharp identifies a diplomatic tradition of international thought premised on the way people live in groups, the differences between intra- and inter-group relations, and the perspectives which those who handle inter-group relations develop about the sorts of international disputes which occur. He argues that the lessons of diplomacy are that we should be reluctant to judge, ready to appease, and alert to the partial grounds on which most universal claims about human beings are made. 0aDiplomacy. 4aDiplomacia. 0aInternational relationsxPhilosophy. 4aRelaciones internacionalesxFilosofía. 7aDiplomatieke betrekkingen.2gtt 7aTheorievorming.2gtt07aDiplomatie2swd07aInternationale Politik2swd2 aBritish International Studies Association. 0aCambridge studies in international relations ;v111.