Recasting the role of citizen in diplomacy and foreign policy
Preliminary insights and a new research agenda
Publication date
2022-09-21
Document type
Forschungsartikel
Author
Publisher
Brill Nijhoff
Series or journal
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
ISSN
Periodical volume
17
Periodical issue
4
First page
614
Last page
627
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
✅
Language
English
DDC Class
300 Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract
Over the last decade, relations between the state and its citizens have changed in the fields of diplomacy and, more generally, foreign policy in some Western democracies. Both sides have begun to transform their roles through novel formats of citizen dialogue and participation. The full breadth and depth of these phenomena remain understudied, despite the fact that they constitute an important catalyst of the apparent ‘societisation’, or even further democratisation, of diplomacy. Based on our analyses of participatory formats in German diplomacy, we offer insights into the transformative potential of this development and discuss to what extent it simultaneously perpetuates unequal power relations. In order to further scrutinise these preliminary hypotheses on how the complex relationship between state diplomacy and domestic society is currently changing, we propose a new research agenda on citizen participation in foreign policy.
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