Performing Statecraft

Author : James R. Ball
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350285188
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performing Statecraft written by James R. Ball and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crafts of governance and diplomacy are spectacular, theatrical, and performative. Performing Statecraft investigates the performances of states, their leaders, and their citizens on an expanded field of the global arts of statecraft to consider the role of performance in the domestic and international affairs of states, and the interventions into global politics by artists, scholars, and activists. Treating theatre as both an art form and a practice of political actors, this book draws together scholarship on the embodied dimensions of governance, the stagecraft of revolution, arts activism on the world stage, sports performance by heads of state, the performativity of national dress, speechmaking and colonialism, war and medicine, singing diplomats, indigenous sovereignties, and performed nationalisms. It brings the perspective and methods of performance studies to bear on global politics, offering exciting new insights into encounters between states, sovereigns, and people. Whether one is watching a campaign speech, a nightly news broadcast, a sacred dance, or a play about global conflict, these chapters make clear the importance of performance as a tool wielded by amateurs and professionals to articulate the nation in global spaces.

Author : Benn Steil
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300128266
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financial Statecraft written by Benn Steil and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: divAs trade flows expanded and trade agreements proliferated after World War II, governments—most notably the United States—came increasingly to use their power over imports and exports to influence the behavior of other countries. But trade is not the only way in which nations interact economically. Over the past two decades, another form of economic exchange has risen to a level of vastly greater significance and political concern: the purchase and sale of financial assets across borders. Nearly $2 trillion worth of currency now moves cross-border every day, roughly 90 percent of which is accounted for by financial flows unrelated to trade in goods and services—a stunning inversion of the figures in 1970. The time is ripe to ask fundamental questions about what Benn Steil and Robert Litan have coined as “financial statecraft,” or those aspects of economic statecraft directed at influencing international capital flows. How precisely has the American government practiced financial statecraft? How effective have these efforts been? And how can they be made more effective? The authors provide penetrating and incisive answers in this timely and stimulating book. /DIV

Author : James R. Ball (III)
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 135028520X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performing Statecraft written by James R. Ball (III) and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is the role of performance in diplomacy? How can we advance interventions into global politics by artists, scholars, and activists? Performing Statecraft investigates the performances of states, their leaders, and their citizens on an expanded field of the global art of statecraft. This book draws together scholarship on the use of theatre as a soft power tool, arts activism on the world stage, sports performance by heads of state, the performativity of national dress, speechmaking and colonialism, war and medicine, indigenous sovereignties, and performed nationalisms"--

Author : Robert Schmuhl
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268160694
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statecraft and Stagecraft written by Robert Schmuhl and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 1992-04-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second edition of Statecraft and Stagecraft Robert Schmuhl brings up to date his provocative exploration of the involvement of the media in our public life by including a new chapter on the Persian Gulf War.

Author : Angelo Codevilla
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743244842
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Informing Statecraft written by Angelo Codevilla and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-06-07 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the American intelligence network, senior research fellow at Hoover Institution Angelo Codevilla concludes that American intelligence efforts are desperately outdated in this “masterful exploration of the field” (Publishers Weekly). Based on years of research and experience working within the American intelligence network, Angelo Codevilla argues that the intelligence efforts of the nation’s government are outgrown and inconclusive. Suggesting that the evolution of American intelligence since the Vietnam War and World War II has been erratic and unplanned, Codevilla presents new efforts to be made within the intelligence network that would lead to strategized and effective methods of information gathering. Connecting the lines between a need for successful intelligence efforts and a strong government, Informing Statecraft warns of how intelligence failures of the past will eventually pale in comparison to the malaise that plagued American intelligence in the twentieth century.

Author : Charles W. Freeman
Publisher : 成甲書房
ISBN 13 : 9781878379658
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arts of Power written by Charles W. Freeman and published by 成甲書房. This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive treatment, distinguished diplomat Chas Freeman describes the fundamental principles of the art of statecraft and the craft of diplomacy. The book draws on the author's years of experience as a practicing diplomat but also his extensive reading of the histories of ancient India, China, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, and the Islamic world as well as modern Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Among numerous other subjects, the book addresses the role of intelligence, political actions, cultural influence, economic measures, and military power, as well as diplomatic strategy and tactics, negotiation, and the tasks and skills of diplomacy.

Author : Goran Petrovic Lotina
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135034706X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performing Left Populism written by Goran Petrovic Lotina and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving force of the contemporary left, the populist logic offers a way for progressive politics to radicalize actions against the elite, fostering greater democratization of societies at a time of socio-political and environmental crisis. Exploring the populist roots of a number of performances, the contributors to this study analyze the potentials and limits of the new forms of left populism for more democratic ways of living together. Combining performance studies and political theory, Performing Left Populism demonstrates how various performance practices give rise to populism. It shows how both civic performances (including grassroots, civil movements, political speeches, state policies and media campaigns) and artistic performances (such as theatre, dance, music and artistic activism) contribute to these processes. By these means, the book examines the processes of constructing 'a people' through both the real/civic and imaginary/artistic perspectives. Offering scholars and practitioners a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which performance can be viewed politically, as a social practice capable of mobilizing alternative ways of living and invigorating democracy, this study expands the debate about left populism towards strategies of mobilization, collectivism and democratic politics.

Author : P. Bonin-Rodriguez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137356502
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performing Policy written by P. Bonin-Rodriguez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how and why a majority of US artists must now function as producers of their original works, as well as creators. The author shows how, over the span of 20 years, the USA's cultural policy sector radically redefined US artists' practices without cohesively articulating the expectations of artists' new role.

Author : Peter Trubowitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400838800
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Strategy written by Peter Trubowitz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some national leaders pursue ambitious grand strategies and adventuresome foreign policies while others do not? When do leaders boldly confront foreign threats and when are they less assertive? Politics and Strategy shows that grand strategies are Janus-faced: their formulation has as much to do with a leader's ability to govern at home as it does with maintaining the nation's security abroad. Drawing on the American political experience, Peter Trubowitz reveals how variations in domestic party politics and international power have led presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama to pursue strategies that differ widely in international ambition and cost. He considers why some presidents overreach in foreign affairs while others fail to do enough. Trubowitz pushes the understanding of grand strategy beyond traditional approaches that stress only international forces or domestic interests. He provides insights into how past leaders responded to cross-pressures between geopolitics and party politics, and how similar issues continue to bedevil American statecraft today. He suggests that the trade-offs shaping American leaders' foreign policy choices are not unique--analogous trade-offs confront Chinese and Russian leaders as well. Combining innovative theory and historical analysis, Politics and Strategy answers classic questions of statecraft and offers new ideas for thinking about grand strategies and the leaders who make them.

Author : Kate Craddock
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350339180
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatre and its Audiences written by Kate Craddock and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the aftermath of the Covid crisis, this book brings the past, present and future of theatre-going together as it explores the nature of the relationships between performance practitioners, arts organisations and their audiences. Proposing that the pandemic forced a re-evaluation of what it means to be an audience, and combining historical and current cultural sector perspectives, the book reflects on how historical conventions have conditioned present day expectations of theatre-going in the UK. Helen Freshwater examines the ways in which developments in technology, architecture and forms of communication have influenced what is expected by and of audiences, reflecting changes in theatre's cultural status and place in our lives. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of festival director and performance practitioner Kate Craddock, it also contends that practitioners now need to turn their attention to care, access and sustainability, arguing that the pandemic taught us, above all, that it is possible to do things differently. Part vision, part provocation, part critical interrogation, Theatre and its Audiences offers an insightful appraisal of past norms and assumptions to set out a bold argument about where we should go from here.