Download or read book Global South Perspectives on Diplomacy written by Yolanda Kemp Spies and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive overview of the various methods used in contemporary diplomatic practice. It incorporates the traditional modes of diplomacy and explains how these modes have evolved to deal with a burgeoning international community of state and non-state actors, the information and communications revolution and the changing profile of global conflict. The pursuit of “development diplomacy” is an integral part of the project, with due attention to the fault-lines, microcosms of power-politics and rapid evolution within the society of states that make up the Global South. All chapters are extensively illustrated with recent case examples from across the world.