Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War Finland - Identity, Geopolitics and the Welfare State (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finland's Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the country's foreign relations, the link between culture and politics, small states' autonomy during the Cold War, and the porosity of the East-West divide. The book offers a historical survey of the development of Finland's cultural diplomacy as part of the Finnish state's foreign activities. In its empirical parts, it focuses on archives drawn from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education in order to explain Finland's cultural diplomacy as the result of the country's foreign policy orientations, interactions between domestic and foreign policy, and the expansion of state activities in the artistic, educational, and cultural sectors. Various reflections and reports on foreign cultural relations highlight the role of identity concerns, cultural relations, geopolitics and economic imperatives in the development of a specifically Finnish cultural diplomacy. Furthermore, the book focuses on specific aspects and events, considering for instance the organization and evolutions of Finland's cultural relations with the USSR, the role of cultural treaties, academic exchanges and scientific cooperation, "cultural exports" and the marketization of culture, overlaps between cultural relations and high politics.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Louis Clerc
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-112204-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-03-112204-6
Barcode:	9783031122040

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