Title Cultural diplomacy in Cold War Finland : identity, geopolitics and the welfare state / Louis Clerc

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Series Palgrave Macmillan series in global public diplomacy Palgrave Macmillan series in global public diplomacy. Contents 1. Studying Finlands Cultural Diplomacy from World War II to the CSCE -- 2. Defining Finlands Cultural Diplomacy from Postwar to Cold War -- 3. Developing State Agencies and Centralizing International Cultural Relations -- 4. Coordinating and Facilitating Bilateral Cultural Contacts -- 5. Participating in Multilateral Cultural Cooperation -- 6. The Finnish State and International Cultural Relations, 19451975 Summary This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finlands Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the countrys foreign relations, the link between culture and politics, small states autonomy during the Cold War, and the porosity of the East-West divide. The book offers a historical survey of the development of Finlands cultural diplomacy as part of the Finnish states foreign activities. In its empirical parts, it focuses on archives drawn from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education in order to explain Finlands cultural diplomacy as the result of the countrys foreign policy orientations, interactions between domestic and foreign policy, and the expansion of state activities in the artistic, educational, and cultural sectors. Various reflections and reports on foreign cultural relations highlight the role of identity concerns, cultural relations, geopolitics and economic imperatives in the development of a specifically Finnish cultural diplomacy. Furthermore, the book focuses on specific aspects and events, considering for instance the organization and evolutions of Finlands cultural relations with the USSR, the role of cultural treaties, academic exchanges and scientific cooperation, "cultural exports" and the marketization of culture, overlaps between cultural relations and high politics. Louis Clerc is Professor in Contemporary History in the Department of Contemporary History, Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research projects deal with the history of public and cultural diplomacy and the study of diplomatic relations Notes Print version record Subject Cultural diplomacy -- Finland -- History -- 20th century National characteristics, Finnish. Civilization Cultural diplomacy Diplomatic relations National characteristics, Finnish SUBJECT Finland -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1981. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006626 Finland -- Civilization -- 20th century Subject Finland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031122057 3031122054

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