18.12.07
Consular representation in an emerging state: The case of Norway
Reykjavik, Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland | 24 sider
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The consular institution has regularly been viewed by academics and practitioners alike as the poor sibling of diplomacy; as a career-sidetrack or tour of duty for aspiring ambassadors and as an example devoid of all the intrigue and politics by historians and theoreticians of diplomacy. Through a detailed case-study of the emergence and development of consular representation in Norway, we aim to demonstrate that any comprehensive history of diplomacy must include a history of the consular institution; that the history of the consular institution is nevertheless not reducible to a history of diplomacy; and that studying the consular institution offers up fresh perspectives on the social practices of representation and state formation.
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