InhaltsangabeGermany.- Introduction: Practitioner's perspective of diplomacy.- Essentials of modern diplomacy.- Diplomacy between statecraft and social science.- Internalization of diplomacy or internationalization of domestic policy.- From national to European Foreign Service.- Symbolism and ritual in multilateral diplomacy.- Flexibility and pragmatism as response to global challenges.- Reciprocity versus communitarianism.- Transformation of globalized relations and its impact on diplomacy.- New participants and corporate diplomacy: symbiosis of diplomacy and transnational companies.- Citizen diplomats and public relations diplomacy: popularization of diplomacy.- Towards a diplomatic corporate identity?.- The importance of an international diplomatic culture.- The relevance of language.- Globalized relations and the law.- Private authority in transnational relations.- Transnational regime as soft law.- Judicial review of governmental diplomacy.

Introduction: Practitioner¿s perspective of diplomacy.-Part I - Essentials of modern diplomacy: Diplomacy between statecraft and social science.-Internalization of diplomacy or internationalization of domestic policy.-From national to European Foreign Service.-Symbolism and ritual in multilateral diplomacy.-Flexibility and pragmatism as response to global challenges.- Reciprocity versus communitarianism.- Part II - Transformation of globalized relations and its impact on diplomacy: New participants and corporate diplomacy: symbiosis of diplomacy and transnational companies.- Citizen diplomats and public relations diplomacy: popularization of diplomacy.- Part III -Towards a diplomatic corporate identity?: The importance of an international diplomatic culture.- Therelevance of language.- Part IV - Globalized relations and the law: Private authority in transnational relations.- Transnational regime assoft law.- Judicial review of governmental diplomacy.- Conclusions and outlook: Diplomacy as an instrument of globalized societies.