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Download The SOCIOLOGY OF DIPLOMACY Initial Reading Milan Jazbec (Ed.) © Istanbul Kültür University, 2014 First Published at IKU in 2014 Printed in: ENsSres *ra¿N Ye %asNÕ 6is. Matb. Ye <a\. 6an. Ye 7ic. /td. ùti. øNitelli 26% 'eSRsite øú MerNezi $ %lRN 2. 1RrPal Kat %a÷. %|lP 1R 1 K. deNPece Istanbul 7urNe\ PhRne 0 212 1 1 1 Fa[ 0 212 1 1 2 &erti¿cate 1R 1204 Book design and Cover: 6ultan gzer Istanbul Kltr UniYersit\ $taN|\ 41 %aNÕrN|\ Istanbul 7urNe\ 7el 0 212 4 41 41 Fa[ 0 212 4 4 0 EPail iNu#iNu.edu.tr www.iku.edu.tr &erti¿cate 1R 140 Istanbul Kültür University Library Cataloging-in Publication Data: 6RciRlRJ\ RI diSlRPac\ ed. Milan Jazbec ± Istanbul Istanbul Kltr UniYersit\ 2014. ;;; 41s. 2cP. (Istanbul Kltr UniYersit\ PublicatiRn 1R 20 ) I6%1 04221 I. InternatiRnal 5elatiRns II. PRlitics SOCIOLOGY OF DIPLOMACY Initial Reading Milan Jazbec (Ed.) TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements to the English Edition ................................................ [i Introduction to the English Edition ......................................................... [iii Foreword and Acknowledgements to the Slovene Edition ................... [[Yii Introductory Study ......................................................................................1 6RciRlRJ\ RI 'iSlRPac\ IrRP an Idea tR a &RnceSt Milan Jazbec Part One – Theoretical Elaborations ...................................................... 4 Disposition for a Discourse on the Sociology of Diplomacy .................. 4 Vladimir Benko The Sociology of Diplomacy – A Theoretical Contemplation ............... 1 Vladimir Benko De¿ning Special Sociologies ..................................................................... 1 $lbin ,Jliþar Sociology and the Military: Increased Interdependence ..................... 10 Uroš Svete, Jelena Juvan Diplomacy as a Vocation ......................................................................... 12 Polona Mal The European Union: A New Type of Diplomatic Actor? ................... 14 'arMa *ruban )erleå Diplomat as an Individual and the Structure of the International Community .............................................................................................. 1 7ina Vonþina Part Two – Case Studies ......................................................................... 1 Dynamics and Dialectics of the Emergence of the Slovene State and its Diplomacy ..................................................................................................1 )rance Buþar Promotion to Ambassador: Characteristics, Trends and Backgrounds in Slovene Diplomacy ...................................................................................21 Milan Jazbec V Sociology of Diplomacy Diplomacy and Gender Inequality ........................................................ 21 Maca JoJan, Milena SteIanoviü .aMzer, MaMa Boåoviü Australia: Women in Diplomacy ............................................................0 Moreen Dee, Felicity Volk Social Dependency of Diplomacy: the Portrait of a Diplomat. ........... 2 Diana Digol Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Protocol and its Social Context) ..4 JanMa 5ebiü $vguštin In Memoriam: Vladimir Benko – The Ljubljana School of International Relations ................................................................................................... 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