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The book turns the concepts of identity politics and foreign policy as traditionally used in IR scholarship inside out. It uses an in-depth exploration of Turkey's identity debates to develop of theory of how elites use foreign policy to advance their own understanding national identity back home.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Turning Identity Politics Inside Out
- Chapter 2: Linking Identity Politics and Foreign Policy: An Inside-Out Theory of Identity Contestation
- Chapter 3: National Identities in Turkey: Four Competing Proposals
- Chapter 4: Forging a Nation from Within: Republican Nationalism's Fight for Hegemony at Home
- Chapter 5: Stuck Inside: Obstacles to Ottoman Islamism at Home
- Chapter 6: Ottoman Islamism Inside Out: Identity Contestation through EU-Based Foreign Policy
- Chapter 7: Taking the Theory "Outside":State and Non-State Actors' Use of Inside-Out Identity Contestation
- Chapter 8: Conclusion
About the author
Lisel Hintz is an Assistant Professor of International Relations in the European and Eurasian Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Her work is published in the European Journal of International Relations, Project on Middle East Political Science Series, The Washington Review of Turkish and Eurasian Affairs, and Turkish Policy Quarterly. She has given numerous talks to public and US government audiences, including on Turkey's increasingly authoritarian one-man rule, the Syrian refugee crisis, the rise of ISIS, and Kurdish and Alevi issues.
Summary
The book turns the concepts of identity politics and foreign policy as traditionally used in IR scholarship inside out. It uses an in-depth exploration of Turkey's identity debates to develop of theory of how elites use foreign policy to advance their own understanding national identity back home.
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What Hintz's book provides is valuable perspective... on the instrumental importance of foreign policy during the party's rise.
