Cultural Diplomacy During Epidemic Outbreaks. On the History of Epidemics in Diplomacy (eBook)

Literature Review from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: International relations, grade: 79, Aston University, language: English, abstract: This book we will try to evaluate the lessons learned regarding culture in outbreaks of diseases and the diplomatic practices.
Although epidemic outbreaks pilot the general population, the country and consequently the diplomatic practices to an enhancement in cultural awareness the response to recent Virus epidemics show that there is still a lot to be learned.
The world has witnessed a number of epidemic outbreaks with shocking effects. While outbreaks are inevitable, their impact can be mitigated. Effective management of such events calls for better approaches encompassing all the different aspects that can influence the outcome, such as culture.

We will come up with some ways in which culture and diplomacy can influence the response to epidemics and assesses the variety of approaches which have been developed to take those suggestions into account. We will discuss to which extent the lessons learned from the responses in the past have been implemented in the response to Virus outbreak and argues that within the international response culture was primarily confirmed a risk factor and fundamental structural aspects have been disregarded.Communities’ response to outbreaks and their willingness to embrace the involvement devised and implemented by international experts in order to mitigate the effects of an outbreak can greatly influence the outcome.
International relations referred to the study of foreign affairs and political interaction between countries and cover the complex of cultural, economic, legal, military, and political relations of all countries and their populations, actors and international organizations (Anderson, 2006). The goal of this book is to introduce some main issues of international politics, such as war and peace, development, regional integration and security, and to familiarize with different ways to conceptualise and analyse these issues (Appadurai, 1991). This should allow to make a more confident decision about your own attitude towards particular issues and to analyse these issues more thoroughly, but it should also make you question both your own and others’ representations of the world (Argyris, 1982).