The Ideas and Practices of the European Union's Structural Antidiplomacy : An Unstable Equilibrium

In 'the Ideas And Practices Of The European Union's Structural Antidiplomacy', Steffen Bay Rasmussen Offers A Comprehensive Analysis Of Eu Diplomacy That Goes Beyond The Functioning Of The European External Action Service And Discusses The Sui Generis Nature Of The Eu As A Diplomatic Actor, The Forms Of Bilateral And Multilateral Representation As Well As The Actor Identity, Founding Ideas And Meta-practices Of Eu Diplomacy. The Book Employs A Novel Theoretical Approach That Distinguishes The Social Structures Of Diplomacy From The Practices And Meta-practices Of Diplomacy. Comparing Eu Diplomacy To The Two Theoretically Constructed Ideal Types Of Westphalian Diplomacy And Utopian Antidiplomacy, Steffen Bay Rasmussen Concludes That The Eu's International Agency Constitutes A New Form Of Diplomacy Called Structural Antidiplomacy. By Steffen Bay Rasmussen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.