Conceptual Pathways to Civil Society Diplomacy

Anton, Anca

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“…The liminality of the concept makes it a fertile theoretical and practical ground on which to develop not only comparative research, but also policies regarding the dynamic and engagement of diplomatic actors (public, civil society, organisational etc.) or international educational programmes tackling the “diplomacies of civil society” (Anton, 2022, p. 81) associated with the issues promoted by the unattached diplomats (e.g. health, education, climate change etc.…”

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“…While there is an overlap between CSD and organisational diplomacy, CSD is an umbrella term covering several civil society diplomacy agents (CSDAs): civil society organisations (CSOs), networks, movements and individuals. It can be seen as the equivalent of state public diplomacy, but originating in the public sphere, performed by civil society agents and serving the (global) public interest that is not conditioned by the state-defined national interest (Anton, 2022).…”

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Profiling a niche actor of civil society diplomacy: the unattached diplomat

Anton

2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to define the communicational profile of unattached diplomats and explore the viability of state-centric concepts such as citizen diplomacy when discussing non-state actors emerging from civil society.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses a comparative, multiple case design focusing on descriptive case studies (Yin, 2018) that explore the diplomatic endeavours and social biographies of “citizens of the world” acting at a global or local level, not explicitly attached to or explicitly against an official, state agenda: Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg and Bill Gates.FindingsThe unattached diplomats have organisational mobility but are attached to the cause they promote, a configuration that fundamentally opposes that of the traditional or organisational diplomat. Looking at individuals from a diplomatic perspective, not as instruments or as targets, but rather as agents with their own agenda, issues and diplomatic capital, the unattached diplomats define their lack of attachment through organisational mobility, adversarial positioning or personal financial autonomy with regard to state diplomatic institutions or for-profit/not-for-profit organisations.Research limitations/implicationsA higher number and diversity of case studies can enable the identification of patterns and standards.Originality/valueThis study introduces and operationalises the concept of unattached diplomats. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to discuss it in the context of another emerging concept, currently insufficiently researched: civil society diplomacy.

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Profiling a niche actor of civil society diplomacy: the unattached diplomat

Anton

2022

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“…Civil society diplomacy is an umbrella concept that emphasises the networked diplomatic role of non-state actors (individuals, associations, or communities) working above and beyond the State when trying to improve or change its environment (Anton, 2022). Civil society diplomacy emerges from the strategic communication (Surowiec, 2021; Zerfass et al , 2018) of individuals, organisations, and institutions that purposefully use communication to collaborate, find solutions against a societal or health problem, and disseminate the results internationally.…”

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“…Civic consciousness (Snow, 2006), shared cause, science (Arranda, 2022; Boulanger and Cotton, 2022), and technological development can play a powerful role in the recently defined field of civil society diplomacy (Anton, 2022), especially for tackling international issues. More and more civil society organisations, associations, and benevolent citizens (Mansell, 2013; Tapscott and Williams, 2007) collaborate legally during two- or three-day events that are dedicated to a shared cause (Baraniuk, 2013).…”

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“…This paper discusses civil society diplomacy by studying digitally-driven competition as one way some action agents (Anton, 2022) influence the resolution of issues like the coronavirus pandemic. These activities – made by civil society-based organisations and networks, transnational movements, and individuals – contribute to the dissemination of sympathy (emotion), values (collaboration), and skills (digital competences).…”

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Civil society diplomacy: characterizing collective and connective actions for a shared cause

Asdourian

2022

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PurposeThis study proposes a description of the civil society diplomacy that emerged in the early solutions found to fight the COVID-19 crisis. The author analyses this concept as the intersection of the social movements of individuals and civil society organisations' and international health care. Its purpose is to determine the international structure of the connective actors aimed to find concrete solutions against COVID-19 and to characterize the communication visible on Twitter towards this civil society engagement.Design/methodology/approachBased on a data-driven approach, the author collected a large dataset of tweets from Switzerland between March and June 2020 and conducted a computational text analysis methodology.FindingsThe results showed who the participants were, provided a visualisation of the digital networking process between engaged and mentioned participants at national and international levels, and determined the emotions that emerged during three event phases.Originality/valueThe study reveals that features of connective social care actions and strategic collective communication can illustrate civil society diplomacy for a shared cause in times of health crisis.

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The Citizen Diplomats and Their Pathway to Diplomatic Power

Anton

Moise

2021

Diplomacy, Organisations and Citizens

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This chapter focuses on individual, citizen diplomats that reached a global level of notoriety and explores their representational work in order to identify pathways to diplomatic power. We applied Sharp's taxonomy of citizen diplomats (2001), adapting traditional models of soft power and public diplomacy (Nye, 2011) and employing a multiple case design focusing on descriptive case studies (Yin, 2018). We therefore selected global citizens who reflect the challenges and trends of contemporary citizen diplomacy (Cooper, 2007, p. 126): a sense of purpose, an ability to interact with high-level state officials and a global reach. By building specific case studies drawn from diplomatic actions of highly visible individuals, our focus was to explore the conversion process of soft power as a possible pathway to diplomatic power in terms of policy making rather than awareness, a dimension often associated with the soft power of citizens.

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Conceptual Pathways to Civil Society Diplomacy

Cited by 7 publications

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Profiling a niche actor of civil society diplomacy: the unattached diplomat

Profiling a niche actor of civil society diplomacy: the unattached diplomat

Civil society diplomacy: characterizing collective and connective actions for a shared cause

The Citizen Diplomats and Their Pathway to Diplomatic Power

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