Diplomatic Material

"Working at the rich interface of social theory and international relations theory, Jason Dittmer provides a novel and important rereading of diplomatic practice, demonstrating how diplomacy and international relations are profoundly influenced by material and bodily contexts. Diplomatic Material speaks to pressing debates in social theory and international relations, making this important book one of the best in its field." - Mark B. Salter, editor of Making Things International 1 and Making Things International 2

"Jason Dittmer innovatively combines multiple literatures and empirical cases to render familiar issues in novel ways. His engaging writing makes the work accessible to undergraduates. Diplomatic Material will be of interest to those working in diplomacy, assemblage theory, and more-than-human approaches in political geography and international relations." - Merje Kuus, author of Geopolitics and Expertise: Knowledge and Authority in European Diplomacy

"A valuable contribution to the field of political geography.... Dittmer... provides a refreshing take on foreign policy by tracing the material circulations that continually influence how political elites understand the international community." - Ed Bryan, Geopolitics

“The world is a much more complicated place than simple assumptions of international relations between autonomous territorial states often suggest; our task as scholars is to explicate the complexities, and Jason Dittmer has done us all a favour here by offering an exemplary text that shows us both how to do it and why it matters.” - Simon Dalby, Social & Cultural Geography

"Dittmer’s achievement in the book (and perhaps that for which he should be most lauded) is that of dragging insights from the deepest, darkest depths of theoryland into the light of the everyday." - Stephen Legg, Antipode

"Diplomatic Material is an innovative study that substantially broadens how we think about the makings of foreign policy." - John A. Gentry, Perspectives on Politics