03603nam 2200541 a 450 991045333160332120200520144314.091-85509-95-7(CKB)2550000001134097(EBL)940050(OCoLC)796384550(SSID)ssj0000678472(PQKBManifestationID)12220343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678472(PQKBWorkID)10728831(PQKB)10495343(MiAaPQ)EBC940050(Au-PeEL)EBL940050(CaPaEBR)ebr10569609(EXLCZ)99255000000113409720111223d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNational relations[electronic resource] public diplomacy, national identity and the Swedish Institute, 1945-1970 /Nikolas GloverLund Nordic Academic Pressc20111 online resource (290 p.)Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm University.91-85509-66-3 1-306-02555-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284).Cover; Copyright ; Contents; The Swedish Institute and inter-nationalism; A necessary yet indefinable invention; Perspectives on public diplomacy; Historicising communication; Inter-national identities; The shape of things to come; Forerunners and frames 1945; The British Council and the Danish Society; Interests representing Sweden; Ideas about transmissions and rituals; Narratives of being special in a normal sense; Survival in an age of enlightenment 1945-1953; Creating organisational space; Truth, control and therapy; A blueprint of the nationStabilised support, imagining the image 1954-1962Combining technical assistance and business; Capturing the image of Sweden; The personification of the nation; The politics of change 1961-1962; A brief financial history; Trade policy, neutrality and peace-keeping; Professionalised structures, fragmenting visions 1963-1970; A cultural institute in a state of capitalism; Public relations and the public's relations of the nation; Interpretations of the nation; Chronologies in context; A history of contested claims; The communication(isation) of enlightenment; Narratives from fact to frictionThree arguments about the history of national relationsNational relations in world society; Introducing the macroperspective; Sweden, the US and modernity; Sweden Ltd. and the status quo; Summary; Appendix; Notes; References; Acknowledgements; About the author<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>In Stockholm in January of 1945, an assembly of Swedish diplomats and businessmen initiated an organization that was to improve the country's reputation abroad. The new, semi-governmental Swedish Institute was charged with explaining Sweden's policy of neutrality during the war, with encouraging peace-building, and with promoting foreign trade in the new international world order. Original and insightful, this account analyzes the policies, funding, and national narratives of the Swedish Institute. Providing a historical perspective on the politSwedenForeign relations1950-Electronic books.327.4104Glover Nikolas1979-882442MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453331603321National relations1970993UNINA