Diasporas and Diplomacy analyzes the exercise of British Ôsoft powerÕ through the BBCÕs foreign language services, and the diplomatic role played by their diasporic broadcasters. The book offers the first historical and comparative analysis of the Ôcorporate cosmopolitanismÕ that has characterized the work of the BBCÕs international services since the inception of its Empire Service in 1932 from radio to the Internet. A series of empirically-grounded case studies, within a shared analyti
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Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: Diasporas and Diplomacy: Cosmopolitan Contact Zones at the BBC World Service (1932--2012) (2012)
ISBN: 978-0-415-50880-3