British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference
This analysis provides a re-appraisal of the 1899 Hague Conference by looking more closely at how citizen activists—notably in Britain but also transnationally—used it as a forum through which to press their agenda onto politicians and diplomatists. In so doing, this assembly existed as a stepping-s...
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| description | This analysis provides a re-appraisal of the 1899 Hague Conference by looking more closely at how citizen activists—notably in Britain but also transnationally—used it as a forum through which to press their agenda onto politicians and diplomatists. In so doing, this assembly existed as a stepping-stone between the ‘old’ diplomacy of the nineteenth century and the ‘new’ diplomacy of the twentieth. Peace activists identified and harnessed a growing body of progressive public opinion—on both a domestic and international scale—in the hope of compelling governments to take the necessary steps towards realising their ambitions of peace, disarmament, and international arbitration. Although the tangible outcomes of the 1899 Conference were limited, the precedents it established not only paved the way for further advances in international law, but also facilitated ever closer public and press scrutiny of international affairs into the twentieth century. |
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| spelling | nottingham-300582020-05-04T20:11:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30058/ British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference Hucker, Daniel This analysis provides a re-appraisal of the 1899 Hague Conference by looking more closely at how citizen activists—notably in Britain but also transnationally—used it as a forum through which to press their agenda onto politicians and diplomatists. In so doing, this assembly existed as a stepping-stone between the ‘old’ diplomacy of the nineteenth century and the ‘new’ diplomacy of the twentieth. Peace activists identified and harnessed a growing body of progressive public opinion—on both a domestic and international scale—in the hope of compelling governments to take the necessary steps towards realising their ambitions of peace, disarmament, and international arbitration. Although the tangible outcomes of the 1899 Conference were limited, the precedents it established not only paved the way for further advances in international law, but also facilitated ever closer public and press scrutiny of international affairs into the twentieth century. Taylor & Francis (Routledge) 2015 Article PeerReviewed Hucker, Daniel (2015) British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 26 (3). pp. 405-423. ISSN 0959-2296 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592296.2015.1067509 doi:10.1080/09592296.2015.1067509 doi:10.1080/09592296.2015.1067509 |
| spellingShingle | Hucker, Daniel British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference |
| title | British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference |
| title_full | British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference |
| title_fullStr | British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference |
| title_full_unstemmed | British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference |
| title_short | British peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 Hague Peace Conference |
| title_sort | british peace activism and 'new' diplomacy: revisiting the 1899 hague peace conference |
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