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Constructivism, Narrative and Foreign Policy Analysis
Christopher S. Browning
其他書名
A Case Study of Finland
出版Peter Lang, 2008
主題Foreign Language Study / MiscellaneousHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / Modern / 21st CenturyLiterary Criticism / GeneralPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / Public Affairs & Administration
ISBN30391051919783039105199
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=aUr7TDC8x2MC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Building on constructivist approaches to international relations this book develops a narrative theory of identity, action and foreign policy, which is then applied to account for the evolution of Finnish foreign policy. The book adopts an innovative approach by showing how foreign policy orientations need to be seen as grounded in overlapping and competing sets of identity narratives that reappear in different forms through history. By emphasising the dynamism implicit within identity narratives the book not only challenges traditional rationalist materialist approaches to foreign policy analysis, but also the current tendency to depict the story of Finnish foreign policy, identity and history as one of a gradual move towards a Western location. Rather the book emphasises elements of multiplicity and contingency, whilst re-establishing foreign policy as a highly political process concerned with power and the right to define reality and national subjectivity.