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Political entities use culture to support their soft power
potential, to generate goodwill, to frame international agenda in
particular ways, to erect and re-enact boundaries and/or to create
societal linkages across them. While the importance of culture has
been on the rise in the realm of foreign affairs, its role in this
field remains one of the most under-studied aspects of state
policy. In this book, a range of international experts take an
unprecedented look at what role external cultural policy plays in
foreign affairs. The book features historical case studies ranging
from European 'civilizing' engagement with nineteenth-century China
to uses of Abstract Expressionism as an instrument in the
ideological struggles of the Cold War. Conceptual issues ranging
from the dynamics of the 'Anglosphere' to the effects of what some
term the 'culture of liberal democracy' are addressed. Current
trends in the uses of culture in the EU's external relations both
from the perspective of institutional developments, policies and
practices in the EU and from the perspective of countries engaged
by the EU's cultural policies are also discussed in greater detail.
The systematic, theoretically informed and empirically supported
analyses make this book an indispensable read for scholars and
policy makers wishing to gain a new understanding of the role that
culture plays in foreign affairs.
Political entities use culture to support their soft power
potential, to generate goodwill, to frame international agenda in
particular ways, to erect and re-enact boundaries and/or to create
societal linkages across them. While the importance of culture has
been on the rise in the realm of foreign affairs, its role in this
field remains one of the most under-studied aspects of state
policy. In this book, a range of international experts take an
unprecedented look at what role external cultural policy plays in
foreign affairs. The book features historical case studies ranging
from European 'civilizing' engagement with nineteenth-century China
to uses of Abstract Expressionism as an instrument in the
ideological struggles of the Cold War. Conceptual issues ranging
from the dynamics of the 'Anglosphere' to the effects of what some
term the 'culture of liberal democracy' are addressed. Current
trends in the uses of culture in the EU's external relations both
from the perspective of institutional developments, policies and
practices in the EU and from the perspective of countries engaged
by the EU's cultural policies are also discussed in greater detail.
The systematic, theoretically informed and empirically supported
analyses make this book an indispensable read for scholars and
policy makers wishing to gain a new understanding of the role that
culture plays in foreign affairs.
economic modelling and thought. Part three presents two case
studies as examples of deceptive autonomy and shows the impact of
this deception on the situation of women from the viewpoint of
cultural studies and social anthropology. Part four relates
methodological reflections on feminist and mainstream economics to
the theme of the book. The first part of this book is devoted to a
reconsideration of Adam Smith as a starting point for feminist
perspectives on exchange. Drawing on Adam Smith's Theory of Moral
Sentiments Caroline Gerschlager sets the stage for expanding the
economic concept of exchange. She analyses and develops Smith's
insight that deception is inevitable in the social setting. Smith's
system of sympathy, which Gerschlager analyses as a system of
exchange, i.e. exchange is conceived in terms of changing places in
the imagination, is compared with exchange as conceived by the
neoclassical approach. Her analysis reveals that these approaches
arrive at contrasting results with regard to deception. Whereas in
the former deception is vital to an understanding of exchange, the
latter regards deception as an inefficiency, hindering exchange and
ultimately making it impossible. Gerschlager points out that a
certain degree of deception is inevitable, and that living in
society therefore also amounts to "deceiving and being deceived."
economic modelling and thought. Part three presents two case
studies as examples of deceptive autonomy and shows the impact of
this deception on the situation of women from the viewpoint of
cultural studies and social anthropology. Part four relates
methodological reflections on feminist and mainstream economics to
the theme of the book. The first part of this book is devoted to a
reconsideration of Adam Smith as a starting point for feminist
perspectives on exchange. Drawing on Adam Smith's Theory of Moral
Sentiments Caroline Gerschlager sets the stage for expanding the
economic concept of exchange. She analyses and develops Smith's
insight that deception is inevitable in the social setting. Smith's
system of sympathy, which Gerschlager analyses as a system of
exchange, i.e. exchange is conceived in terms of changing places in
the imagination, is compared with exchange as conceived by the
neoclassical approach. Her analysis reveals that these approaches
arrive at contrasting results with regard to deception. Whereas in
the former deception is vital to an understanding of exchange, the
latter regards deception as an inefficiency, hindering exchange and
ultimately making it impossible. Gerschlager points out that a
certain degree of deception is inevitable, and that living in
society therefore also amounts to "deceiving and being deceived."
In 2005 hopes for closer European integration were dealt a
potentially fatal blow when French and Dutch voters rejected the
proposed new European Union constitution. Going beyond the instant
analysis of journalists, which placed blame for the failed vote on
the two nations' internal politics, "Democracy Needs Dispute"
examines a collection of media accounts of European policy debates
to argue that the problem with the EU is its relative lack of
vibrant political conflict. "Democracy Needs Dispute" offers both
up-to-date analysis and a rich theoretical understanding of the
problems facing further efforts at European integration.
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