Overview

How do governments engage their own citizens in global affairs? Home Engagement in Diplomacy explores the emerging practice of ‘home engagement,’ where diplomacy reaches beyond traditional state actors to interact directly with society. This volume examines how domestic audiences influence foreign policy, the challenges governments face in fostering meaningful dialogue, and the diverse approaches seen across democracies and authoritarian states. Featuring fresh empirical insights and multiple theoretical perspectives, this book offers a ground-breaking look at diplomacy’s evolving role in an interconnected world. Contributors are: Githma Chandrasekara, Andrew F. Cooper, Anna Geis, Scott Harrison, Quinton Huang, César Jiménez-Martínez, HwaJung Kim, Christian Lequesne, Jan Melissen, Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer, Allison Scott, Toshiya Takahashi, Geoffrey Wiseman, Yun Zhang, and Štěpánka Zemanová.

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Author:   Jan Melissen ,  HwaJung Kim ,  Githma Chandrasekara
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   23
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.598kg
ISBN:  

9789004738362

ISBN 10:   9004738363
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   26 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction  Jan Melissen, HwaJung Kim and Githma Chandrasekara 1 Theorising and Debating the Domestic Deficit in IR and Diplomatic Studies  Jan Melissen and Githma Chandrasekara 2 Citizens as Problems or Resources: Power, Diplomacy, and the Contested Voice of the Nation  César Jiménez-Martínez 3 The Evolution of Domestic Public Diplomacy in Germany: Engaging the ‘Public’ at Home on Foreign and Security Policy Since 1990  Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer and Anna Geis 4 Home Diplomacy Across Borders: Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy in France  Christian Lequesne 5 Social Legitimacy, State–Society Relations and Non-State Actor Diplomacy in Japan  Toshiya Takahashi 6 Internal Societisation of Diplomacy: The Disintegration of State-Society Relations and Its Moderating Effects on Japanese Diplomacy toward China  Yun Zhang 7 Diplomacy and People: Contrasting Cases of the Two Koreas’ People-Empowerment Approaches to Diplomacy  HwaJung Kim 8 Engaging Citizens in a Polarised Society: The Choices for US Diplomacy  Geoffrey Wiseman and Allison Scott 9 United States Citizen Diplomacy and the Domestic Publics: Navigating the Contested Terrain of Diversity, Inclusion and Representation in State-Supported Programmes  Anna Popkova 10 Democratic Diplomatic Middle Grounds: Theorising and Expanding the Role of Domestic Societies in Paradiplomatic Relations  Scott Michael Harrison and Quinton Huang 11 The Benefits and Pitfalls of Engaging Youth in Diplomatic Affairs: A Case Study of the Junior Diplomat Initiative  Štěpánka Zemanová 12 Concluding Reflections  Andrew F. Cooper Index

Reviews

""This exceptionally knowledgeable and visionary chapter is not only an introduction to the book, it generates ideas for theory building and research in diplomatic studies."" –Bruce Gregory, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, George Washington University Review of Chapter 1: ""Theorising and Debating the Domestic Deficit in ir and Diplomatic Studies"" by Jan Melissen and Githma Chandrasekara

Author Information

Jan Melissen is Editor-in-Chief of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, The Hague, and Professor of Diplomacy in the Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp. HwaJung Kim, PhD, is a Research Professor at Ewha Womans University’s Institute for International and Area Studies, appointed by Korea’s National Research Foundation in 2021. She has worked with the Korean Association for Public Diplomacy since 2020. Githma Chandrasekara is an independent researcher and communications consultant based in Sri Lanka. A Junior Fellow and Editorial Assistant at The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, she holds an MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy from Leiden University, The Hague.

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