Social Construction of Swedish Neutrality - Challenges to Swedish Identity and Sovereignty

Informationen zum Autor Christine Agius is Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at the University of Salford Klappentext Using Sweden as a case study this book examines the conceptualisation of neutrality from the Peloponnesian War to the present day, uncovering how neutrality has been a neglected and misunderstood subject in IR theory and politics. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism, this book argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. Zusammenfassung Using Sweden as a case study this book examines the conceptualisation of neutrality from the Peloponnesian War to the present day! uncovering how neutrality has been a neglected and misunderstood subject in IR theory and politics. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism! this book argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Writing neutrality: from the Peloponnesian war to the Cold War 2. Neutrality 'is what states make of it': rethinking neutrality through constructivism 3. Neutrality as a Social Democratic project: tracing the origins of Swedish neutrality, 1814-19454. Sweden's post-war neutrality doctrine: active internationalism and 'credible neutrality'5. The crisis in Swedish Social Democracy: paving the path for a new identity6. A new Swedish identity? Bildt, Europe and neutrality in the post-Cold War era7. Into Europe with the SAP: Sweden as an EU member state8. The war on terror and globalisation: implications for neutrality and sovereigntyConclusion: the failure of neutrality?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Agius, Christine Agius, Agius Christine, Christine Agius Is Lecturer in Internati
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9780719071539
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7153-9
• Seiten: 264
• Serien: New Approaches to Conflict Ana; New Approaches to Conflict Analysis; New Approaches to Conflict Ana
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Sweden, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state