The Diplomacy of Culture The Role of UNESCO in Sustaining Cultural Diversity [Hardcover]

Cultural diversity, because it is perceived to have significant security, developmental, and social implications, is fast becoming one of the major political issues of the day. At the international level, it overlaps with the now extensive debates on multiculturalism within states. This work shows how cultural diversity challenges the understanding of international relations as relations between states and, by looking at the issue through the magnifying glass of an international organization, offers innovative insights into the interplay between various levels of international society. The book examines in particular the role of UNESCO, the only United Nations agency responsible for culture and the main forum for international diplomacy on the issue of cultural diversity.Table of Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION Book's Structure Definitions UNESCO: Structure and Agency 1. Legal Basis and Institutional Structure 2. Functions 3. Member States 4. Other Actors 5. UNESCO as an Actor  PART II: UNESCO'S RESPONSES, PAST AND PRESENT 6. Early Years: Protection and Diffusion of Cultural Expressions 7. Decolonisation: Stress on Cultural Identity and Promotion of Cultural Development 8. Responding to the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century  PART III: FRANCE 9. The State and Culture: An Enduring Marriage 10. From Cultural Exception to Cultural Diversity 11. The Makings of the 2005 Convention 12. Protecting and Promoting Cultural Diversity: A View from France  PART IV: THE UNITED STATES 13. Culture in the United States and its Place in the Country's Foreign Policy 14. The United States and UNESCO: An Uneasy Relationship 15. The US Opposition to the Cultural Diversity Convention  PART V: CAMBODIA 16. The Place of Culture in State Policy 17. World Heritage Sites in Cambodia: National or Common Heritage of Humanity? 18. Angkor 19. Preah Vihear 20. Protection and Promotion of Intangible Culture from the ClcO