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Thu Mar 04 20:42:12 GMT 2021




CALL FOR PROPOSALS



The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power 2nd Edition (2023)



Editors: Naren Chitty, Li Ji, Gary Rawnsley





The First Edition of The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power
contributed, through essays, (in Part One) to advancement in theorisation of soft power; and the clarification of soft power’s relationship with public diplomacy. It also offered research chapters, (in Part Two) on the use and or reception of soft power, across four swathes of the world – Europe and the Americas; the Middle East and Africa; Central and South Asia; and Northeast and Southeast Asia. There has been much change since it came out in 2017. The Second Edition will seek to further contribute to theory development, as well as map soft power issues that have become salient after 2017. The theory essay (Part One) and research article (Part Two) model will be retained, but content will be fully refreshed.



Geopolitical competition, accentuated by the pandemic of 2020-21, has
had an impact on how actors treat soft power as a resource, and as a targeted outcome. An old term, ‘sharp power’ has surfaced in the new geopolitical climate. The change in administrations in the United States portends a renewed emphasis on soft power; there has been talk at the highest levels of the need to focus on the power of example rather than the example of power.



The following alphabetised list of keywords is suggestive of broad
issues, as related to soft power, that may be addressed. The list is not comprehensive.





    Architecture, art, animal rights, artificial intelligence


Cultural diplomacy, cultural industries, cultural relations,
cinema, civility, civil society, civic virtue, covid diplomacy


    Decolonisation, diasporas, disarmament


    Environmental activism, environmental diplomacy




    Globalization


    Human rights advocacy, hybridity


International infrastructure development, international
organizations, indigenous culture


    Journalism


    Knowledge diplomacy


    Law, literature


    Media, methodology, migration, multilateralism, museums, music


    Populism, popular culture, public diplomacy


    Rankings


    Social media, science diplomacy, sharp power, sports


    Technology


    Values





Soft power is an area where researchers can appear to be
advocates of the soft power ambitions of their own country. The preference in this volume is for critical inquiry into the conceptualisation of soft power and its use and reception by various actors.



Parts One and Two will have four sections each. Each section will
be preceded by a 2500-word overview – as in the First Edition. The world limit for other chapters will be 6000. These limits include references and notes. The Harvard Style will be employed in the book.



    The proposed timeline for the book is as follows:





Call for abstracts
	

3 March 2021 –  3 April 2021

Review of abstracts
	

1April 2021     – 1May 2021

Notification of selection/rejection of abstracts
	

1 May 2021       – 1 June 2021

Receipt of first drafts of chapters
	

1 January 2022

Review of first drafts of chapters
	

1January 2022    – 1March 2022

Return of feedback on first drafts and notification of selected articles
	

1 March 2022

Revision of chapters
	

1March 2022     – 1 May 2022

Review of second drafts of chapters
	

1 May 2022        –  1 July 2022

Return of feedback on second drafts
	

1 July 2022

Receipt of final chapters
	

1 September 2022



Abstracts should be between 250 and 500 words. They should indicate
whether the proposed chapter will be a theoretical essay or research paper.



Bios should not exceed 250 words.



Abstracts and bios may be sent to one of the editors:



    Prof. Naren Chitty: (naren.chitty /at/ mq.edu.au)
    Dr. Li Ji:  (dr.lilianji /at/ gmail.com)
    Prof. Gary Rawnsley: (Gary.Rawnsley /at/ nottingham.edu.au)


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