Celebrity diplomacy

Resource Information

The work Celebrity diplomacy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Celebrity diplomacy

Statement of responsibility

Andrew F. Cooper

Creator

• Cooper, Andrew Fenton, 1950-,

Subject

• Celebrities -- Political activity
• Diplomacy -- Social aspects
• Diplomats

Language

eng

Summary

Time magazine named Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates their "Persons of the Year." The United Nations tapped Angelina Jolie as a goodwill ambassador. Bob Geldof organized the Live8 concert to push the G8 leaders' summit on AIDS and debt relief. What has come to be called "celebrity diplomacy" attracts wide media attention, significant money, and top official access around the world. But is this phenomenon just the latest fad? Are celebrities dabbling in an arena that is out of their depth, or are they bringing justified notice to important problems that might otherwise languish on the crowded international diplomatic scene? This book is the first to examine celebrity diplomacy as a serious global project with important implications, both positive and negative. Intended for readers who might not normally read about celebrities, it will also attract audiences often turned off by international affairs. Celebrities bring optimism and "buzz" to issues that seem deep and gloomy. Even if their lofty goals remain elusive, when celebrities speak, other actors in the global system listen.--

Member of

• International studies intensives

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Illustrations

• phonodisk
• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• reviews
• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

• International studies intensives
• Taylor & Francis eBooks