Profiling a niche actor of civil society diplomacy: the unattached diplomat

IF 3.1 Q1 COMMUNICATION Journal of Communication Management Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI:10.1108/jcom-04-2022-0043
Anca Anton
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to define the communicational profile of unattached diplomats and explore the viability of state-centric concepts such as citizen diplomacy when discussing non-state actors emerging from civil society.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses a comparative, multiple case design focusing on descriptive case studies (Yin, 2018) that explore the diplomatic endeavours and social biographies of “citizens of the world” acting at a global or local level, not explicitly attached to or explicitly against an official, state agenda: Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg and Bill Gates.FindingsThe unattached diplomats have organisational mobility but are attached to the cause they promote, a configuration that fundamentally opposes that of the traditional or organisational diplomat. Looking at individuals from a diplomatic perspective, not as instruments or as targets, but rather as agents with their own agenda, issues and diplomatic capital, the unattached diplomats define their lack of attachment through organisational mobility, adversarial positioning or personal financial autonomy with regard to state diplomatic institutions or for-profit/not-for-profit organisations.Research limitations/implicationsA higher number and diversity of case studies can enable the identification of patterns and standards.Originality/valueThis study introduces and operationalises the concept of unattached diplomats. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to discuss it in the context of another emerging concept, currently insufficiently researched: civil society diplomacy.
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剖析民间社会外交的一个小众角色:独立的外交官
目的本研究的目的是在讨论公民社会中出现的非国家行为者时,定义独立外交官的沟通形象,并探索以国家为中心的概念(如公民外交)的可行性。设计/方法论/方法本文采用了一种比较性的多案例设计,重点是描述性案例研究(Yin,2018),探讨了在全球或地方层面上行动的“世界公民”的外交努力和社会传记,而不是明确附属于或明确反对官方、国家议程:Malala Yousafzai,格蕾塔·桑伯格(Greta Thunberg)和比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates。从外交角度来看个人,不是作为工具或目标,而是作为有自己议程、问题和外交资本的代理人,独立外交官通过组织流动性、对抗性定位或个人对国家外交机构或营利性/非营利组织的财务自主权来定义他们缺乏依恋。研究局限性/含义更多数量和多样性的案例研究可以确定模式和标准。独创性/价值本研究引入并操作了独立外交官的概念。据作者所知,本研究首次在另一个新兴概念的背景下讨论这一问题,该概念目前研究不足:民间社会外交。
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