Screen LibraryThe diplomacy of culture : the role of UNESCO in sustaining cultural diversity /
"Cultural diversity, because it is perceived to have significant security, developmental, and social implications, is fast becoming one of the major political issues of the day. At the international level, it overlaps with the now extensive debates on multiculturalism within states. This work s...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Cultural diversity, because it is perceived to have significant security, developmental, and social implications, is fast becoming one of the major political issues of the day. At the international level, it overlaps with the now extensive debates on multiculturalism within states. This work shows how cultural diversity challenges the understanding of international relations as relations between states and, by looking at the issue through the magnifying glass of an international organization, offers innovative insights into the interplay between various levels of international society. The |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 296 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137366252 (hardback) : 1137366257 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | AS4 |
| CLC: | G1 |
| Call Number: | G1/K889 |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Book's Structure -- Definitions -- UNESCO: Structure and Agency -- 1. Legal Basis and Institutional Structure -- 2. Functions -- 3. Member States -- 4. Other Actors -- 5. UNESCO as an Actor -- PART II: UNESCO'S RESPONSES, PAST AND PRESENT -- 6. Early Years: Protection and Diffusion of Cultural Expressions -- 7. Decolonisation: Stress on Cultural Identity and Promotion of Cultural Development -- 8. Responding to the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century -- PART III: FRANCE -- 9. The State and Culture: An Endurin |