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This book seeks to understand the complex ways in which the Foreign
Office adapted to the rise of identity politics in Britain as it
administered British foreign policy during the Cold War and the end
of the British Empire. After the Second World War, cultural changes
in British society forced a reconsideration of erstwhile diplomatic
archetypes, as restricting recruitment to white, heterosexual,
upper- or middle-class men gradually became less socially
acceptable and less politically expedient. After the advent of the
tripartite school system and then mass university education, the
Foreign Office had to consider recruiting candidates who were
qualified but had not been 'socialized' in the public schools and
Oxbridge. Similarly, the passage of the 1948 Nationality Act
technically meant nonwhites were eligible to join. The rise of the
gay rights movement and postwar women's liberation both generated
further, unique dilemmas for Foreign Office recruiters. Diplomatic
Identity in Postwar Britain seeks to destabilize concepts like
'talent', 'merit', 'equality' and 'representation', arguing that
these were contested ideas that were subject to political and
cultural renegotiation and revision throughout the period in
question.
This book seeks to understand the complex ways in which the Foreign
Office adapted to the rise of identity politics in Britain as it
administered British foreign policy during the Cold War and the end
of the British Empire. After the Second World War, cultural changes
in British society forced a reconsideration of erstwhile diplomatic
archetypes, as restricting recruitment to white, heterosexual,
upper- or middle-class men gradually became less socially
acceptable and less politically expedient. After the advent of the
tripartite school system and then mass university education, the
Foreign Office had to consider recruiting candidates who were
qualified but had not been 'socialized' in the public schools and
Oxbridge. Similarly, the passage of the 1948 Nationality Act
technically meant nonwhites were eligible to join. The rise of the
gay rights movement and postwar women's liberation both generated
further, unique dilemmas for Foreign Office recruiters. Diplomatic
Identity in Postwar Britain seeks to destabilize concepts like
'talent', 'merit', 'equality' and 'representation', arguing that
these were contested ideas that were subject to political and
cultural renegotiation and revision throughout the period in
question.
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