Culture in International Relations: Defining Cultural Diplomacy

• Authors: Stelowska Diana
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Culture in International Relations has been a neglected issue, it has only been recently that it gained on importance in the practice and theory of politics. The article aims at defining terms and concepts associated with culture and International Politics: Cultural Diplomacy, Soft power, Public Diplomacy, Nation branding etc. Also two case studies of Cultural Diplomacy activities are presented in order to illustrate the theoretical background.

Keywords

EN

international relations; culture; cultural diplomacy

• Publisher: Fundacja Instytut Nauki o Polityce
• Journal: Polish Journal of Political Science
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 50-72

Dates

published

2015-09-15

Contributors

author

Stelowska Diana

• University of Warsaw

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