Constructivism, Narrative and Foreign Policy Analysis: A Case Study of Finland

ISBN-13: 9783039105199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 328 str.

Browning, Christopher

Recenzje

"Browning's book is a long awaited contribution to the literature on small states and foreign policy analysis. The Finnish case offers an interesting perspective that should not remain just the property of Finnish, Nordic and Baltic experts but should be read by all interested in small states, foreign policy analysis and European affairs in general. Browning skilfully develops a theory on the relationship between national identity and foreign policy that is adaptable to other cases. Small states can also be smart and this book can certainly be described as a smart contribution to international relations." (Marko Lehti, Tampere Peace Research Institute)
"The book offers more than just a sophisticated, well-researched and country-specific application of a narrative approach to foreign policy. In fact, it offers a model applicable also to a host of other countries and works, more generally, as a critical inroad into foreign policy analysis." (Pertti Joenniemi, Danish Institute for International Studies)

Spis treści

Contents: Making Space for Subjectivity: The Inadequate Treatment of Identity in Traditional Foreign Policy Analysis - Towards a Narrative Theory of Identity, Action and Foreign Policy - From Nation to State: The Construction of Finnish Subjectivity, 1809-1917 - Radicalisation: Competition and Conflict in the Inter-War Period - From Emotionalism to Rationalism: Finland in the Cold War - Inventing New Traditions: Westernisation, Europeanisation and Beyond.

O autorze

The Author: Christopher S. Browning is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. Previously he has worked at the universities of Keele and Birmingham, the Danish Institute for International Studies and Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. His research focuses on critical approaches to security and the politics of identity. He is co-editor of the forthcoming The Struggle for the West.