LEADER 03603nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910453331603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a91-85509-95-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001134097 035 $a(EBL)940050 035 $a(OCoLC)796384550 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678472 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12220343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678472 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728831 035 $a(PQKB)10495343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC940050 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL940050 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569609 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001134097 100 $a20111223d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNational relations$b[electronic resource] $epublic diplomacy, national identity and the Swedish Institute, 1945-1970 /$fNikolas Glover 210 $aLund $cNordic Academic Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stockholm University. 311 $a91-85509-66-3 311 $a1-306-02555-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 274-284). 327 $aCover; 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 nation 327 $aStabilised 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 friction 327 $aThree 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 330 $a

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 polit 607 $aSweden$xForeign relations$y1950- 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a327.4104 700 $aGlover$b Nikolas$f1979-$0882442 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453331603321 996 $aNational relations$91970993 997 $aUNINA