Open Government, Open Diplomacy
Conversations with a Former American Diplomat M. André Goodfriend
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Product details:
- Publisher Central European University Press
- Date of Publication 6 June 2023
- ISBN 9789633866085
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages166 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 91 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 13 b&w illus. Illustrations, black & white 816
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Long description:
André Goodfriend was Deputy Chief of Mission from 2013 to 2015 at the US Embassy in Budapest. In the absence of an ambassador, most of the time he was Chargé d’Affaires. Goodfriend represented his country, and for that matter, liberal democracy, in the early period of the increasingly autocratic Orbán regime. This tenure was distinguished by an unusually high public visibility and broad-based popularity. This book contains the distilled essence of conversations recorded in the fall of 2015 and in the years after his departure.
Aside from Goodfriend’s reflections on his personal history, the main focus of the deliberations is on open government: its characteristics, preconditions, benefits, and its relation to modern diplomacy. The mindset of a democracy-rooted diplomat with a working experience in an increasingly autocratic regime lends a particular perspective to the topics discussed. These topics include the fight against corruption, the protection of civil society, crisis prevention, education, economy, international relations, applied humanities, and the use of the social and traditional media to achieve policy goals.
This book presents modern, “people-friendly” diplomacy in an era in which public officials are increasingly expected to be transparent and engaged.
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface by István Hargittai
Preface by André Goodfriend
Innovative Diplomacy
Crisis Prevention
Peoples’ Diplomat
Foreign Policy Goals
Open Government
Fighting Corruption
Protecting Civil Society
Stability versus Instability
Education and Economy
Looking Back
Communication and Politics
Hungarian Experience
A Current Issue
Personal History
Meeting with “Martians”
Photos
Index of Names
