Alison R. Holmes is Associate Professor and Program Leader for International Studies at Humboldt State University, USA. Prior to academe, Holmes worked in British politics for ten years, then in strategic communications for the BBC. She was also Managing Director for BritishAmerican Business and the US Ambassador’s speechwriter in London.

• Part one : 1 Introduction.- 2 Taking a Practice Approach to California.- 3 California Today.- Part two : 4 Old Sovereignty.- 5 Globalized Spaces and Places of Sovereignty.- 6 Diplomacy, Paradiplomacy and California.- Part three : 7 Consuls General from Alta to American California.- 8 Locating California on the vertical axis of Diplomacy.- 9 Representing all of California to the world.- 10 Multi-layered Diplomacy in a Global state.

Alison R. Holmes is Associate Professor and Program Leader for International Studies at Humboldt State University, USA. Prior to academe, Holmes worked in British politics for ten years, then in strategic communications for the BBC. She was also Managing Director for BritishAmerican Business and the US Ambassador’s speechwriter in London.

• Part one : 1 Introduction.- 2 Taking a Practice Approach to California.- 3 California Today.- Part two : 4 Old Sovereignty.- 5 Globalized Spaces and Places of Sovereignty.- 6 Diplomacy, Paradiplomacy and California.- Part three : 7 Consuls General from Alta to American California.- 8 Locating California on the vertical axis of Diplomacy.- 9 Representing all of California to the world.- 10 Multi-layered Diplomacy in a Global state.

Alison R. Holmes is Associate Professor and Program Leader for International Studies at Humboldt State University, USA. Prior to academe, Holmes worked in British politics for ten years, then in strategic communications for the BBC. She was also Managing Director for BritishAmerican Business and the US Ambassador’s speechwriter in London.

• Part one : 1 Introduction.- 2 Taking a Practice Approach to California.- 3 California Today.- Part two : 4 Old Sovereignty.- 5 Globalized Spaces and Places of Sovereignty.- 6 Diplomacy, Paradiplomacy and California.- Part three : 7 Consuls General from Alta to American California.- 8 Locating California on the vertical axis of Diplomacy.- 9 Representing all of California to the world.- 10 Multi-layered Diplomacy in a Global state.