Foreign Ministries and the Information Revolution: Going Virtual?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

The ongoing information revolution is perceived as a profound organizational challenge for foreign ministries. Yet there is only scant empirical evidence on the nature of the change dynamics. Anchored in new institutionalist approaches in political science, this book reconceptualizes diplomacy as an institution of the modern state order and identifies its key organizing principles maintained by the global group of foreign ministries. With this conceptualization as a point of departure, the book provides a comparative analysis of information technology effects in the foreign ministries of Canada, Norway and Slovakia. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the magnitude and the direction of change in the organizational machinery of diplomacy in early 21st Century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-07-25
Mått:160 x 244 x 18 mm
Vikt:581 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Diplomatic Studies
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004169005

Utforska kategorier

Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik
Folkrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Jozef Bátora, PhD. (2006) in Political Science, University of Oslo, is Research Fellow at the Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTIONIT-revolution and diplomacyInstitutional resilience of diplomacyIT-revolution or institutional resilience?Organization of chaptersChapter 2: THE ORGANIZATIONAL BASIS OF MODERN DIPLOMACY: ITS EMERGENCE, CHARACTERISTICS AND CHANGE2.1 Introduction2.2 The ‘informational prerogative’ of the state and the organizing principles of modern diplomacy2.3 Diplomacy as an institution of the interstate order2.4 ConclusionChapter 3: ANALYZING IT-EFFECTS IN FOREIGN MINISTRIES3.1 Introduction3.2 Foreign ministries and the information revolution(s)3.3 IT and institutional change dynamics3.3.1 IT-enabled institutional transformation3.4 Operationalizing the core organizing principles of diplomacy3.5 Multiple scenarios of IT-effects on the organizational basis of diplomacy3.6 Methodology3.7 ConclusionChapter 4: DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE4.1 Introduction4.2 Institutional background and characteristics of DFAIT4.3 IT-infrastructure of DFAIT4.4 IT-effects on hierarchy4.5 IT-effects on secrecy4.6 IT-effects on communication with the public4.6.2 Level of centralization of communication with the public 4.7 ConclusionChapter 5: ROYAL NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS5.1 Introduction5.2 Institutional background and characteristics of N-MFA5.3 IT-infrastructure of N-MFA5.4 IT-effects on hierarchy5.5 IT-effects on secrecy5.6 IT-effects on communication with the public5.7 ConclusionChapter 6MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC6.1 Introduction6.2 Institutional background and characteristics of MFASR6.3 IT-infrastructure of MFASR6.4 IT-effects on hierarchy6.5 IT-effects on secrecy6.6 IT-effects on communication with the public6.7 ConclusionChapter 7: CONCLUSION: THE ORGANIZATIONAL BASIS OF DIPLOMACY RENEWED7.1 Introduction7.2 IT-effects on the core organizing principles of diplomacy: the main findings7.2.3 IT-effects on communication with the public7.2.4 Additional observations and findings7.3 What were the drivers of change?7.4 Theoretical observations7.5. Revolution ante portas?ReferencesAppendixes