Celebrity Diplomacy (International Studies Intensives)
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Time magazine named Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates their Persons of the Year. The United Nations tapped Angelina Jolie as a goodwill ambassador. Bob Geldof organized the Live8 concert to push the G8 leaders summit on AIDS and debt relief. What has come to be called "celebrity diplomacy" attracts wide media attention, significant money, and top official access around the world. But is this phenomenon just the latest fad? Are celebrities dabbling in an arena that is out of their depth, or are they bringing justified notice to important problems that might otherwise languish on the crowded international diplomatic scene? This book is the first to examine celebrity diplomacy as a serious global project with important implications, both positive and negative. Intended for readers who might not normally read about celebrities, it will also attract audiences often turned off by international affairs. Celebrities bring optimism and buzz to issues that seem deep and gloomy. Even if their lofty goals remain elusive, when celebrities speak, other actors in the global system listen.
Customer Review: Excellent Read
Celebrity Diplomacy is insightful and well written. Anyone interested in the global significance of celebrity diplomacy will enjoy this book. Cooper has provided the reader with an interesting history of celebrities who have both failed and succeeded (at varying levels)in using their status to impact global politics. Bono (of U2) is essentially used as a unique case (or typology) for what responsible, intellectual and thoughtful celebrity looks like. The argument suggests that we can not over look the impact these high profile individuals have on social problems. Their involvement is important and not "fad-ish" and is therefore worthy of academic inquiry.
Customer Review: Only book taking this seriously!
This is the first book to really take international celebrity advocacy seriously. Bono, Angelina, Geldof, Gates, Soros, N'Dour and others are drastically changing how diplomacy is done - anyone studying IR needs to understand the influence these individuals wield.
Cooper gives the reader a better idea of who these celebrities are, why they've stepped out of their 'celebrity' shoes, and what impact they're really having.
Great read!
