LEADER 04445nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910462423303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-7765-4 010 $a0-8014-6300-9 010 $a0-8014-6299-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801462993 035 $a(CKB)2670000000186549 035 $a(OCoLC)785782378 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10533663 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000652799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11442737 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10641948 035 $a(PQKB)11275288 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499045 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138301 035 $a(OCoLC)966803167 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51812 035 $a(DE-B1597)478701 035 $a(OCoLC)979579712 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801462993 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533663 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681833 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000186549 100 $a20110525d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAt home with the diplomats$b[electronic resource] $einside a European foreign ministry /$fIver B. Neumann 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 225 1 $aExpertise : Cultures and technologies of knowledge 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50551-9 311 $a0-8014-4993-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction: Who Are They and Where Do They Come From? -- $t1. Abroad: The Emergence of Permanent Diplomacy -- $t2. At Home: The Emergence of the Foreign Ministry -- $t3. The Bureaucratic Mode of Knowledge Production -- $t4. To Be a Diplomat -- $t5. Diplomats Gendered and Classed -- $tConclusion: Diplomatic Knowledge -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 2010 WikiLeaks release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables has made it eminently clear that there is a vast gulf between the public face of diplomacy and the opinions and actions that take place behind embassy doors. In At Home with the Diplomats, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry. Neumann worked for several years at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he had an up-close view of how diplomats conduct their business and how they perceive their own practices. In this book he shows us how diplomacy is conducted on a day-to-day basis.Approaching contemporary diplomacy from an anthropological perspective, Neumann examines the various aspects of diplomatic work and practice, including immunity, permanent representation, diplomatic sociability, accreditation, and issues of gender equality. Neumann shows that the diplomat working abroad and the diplomat at home are engaged in two different modes of knowledge production. Diplomats in the field focus primarily on gathering and processing information. In contrast, the diplomat based in his or her home capital is caught up in the seemingly endless production of texts: reports, speeches, position papers, and the like. Neumann leaves the reader with a keen sense of the practices of diplomacy: relations with foreign ministries, mediating between other people's positions while integrating personal and professional into a cohesive whole, adherence to compulsory routines and agendas, and, above all, the generation of knowledge. Yet even as they come to master such "idian tasks, diplomats are regularly called upon to do exceptional things, such as negotiating peace. 410 0$aExpertise (Ithaca, N.Y.) 606 $aDiplomatic and consular service, European 606 $aDiplomatic and consular service, Norwegian 606 $aDiplomats$zEurope 606 $aDiplomats$zNorway 607 $aEurope$xForeign relations 607 $aNorway$xForeign relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiplomatic and consular service, European. 615 0$aDiplomatic and consular service, Norwegian. 615 0$aDiplomats 615 0$aDiplomats 676 $a327.4 700 $aNeumann$b Iver B$0678139 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462423303321 996 $aAt home with the diplomats$91570275 997 $aUNINA