Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-88535-4
M.A.
Interdisciplinary Studies
San Jose State University
2015
Complex global challenges-including environmental, economic, diplomatic, and health-related-span national boundaries and increasingly necessitate international cooperation. As a result, diplomacy has broadened from government-to-government relations to include government-to-public relations in an extended constituency of the global whole. Public diplomacy is a process by which governments attempt to attract and persuade various external publics to maintain relationships and encourage an environment for the approval of policies. Examining globalization, diplomacy, and power provides the foundation to assess a specific case of US public diplomacy with Iran. Systems theory provides a focus on the critical interactions, feedback processes, and relationships that are particularly helpful for analyzing public diplomacy in our global world.
Communication; International Relations; Political science
Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Diplomacy;Global;Iran;Public diplomacy;Systems theory;United states-iran