Synopses & Reviews
The authors in this pioneering volume have taken up the challenge to offer clear definitions of the concept of identity and the concepts surrounding the term; and to demonstrate, in a clear and precise manner that allows for falsification, the causal link between identity and the behaviour of states.
This task involves an element of risk for the authors: their conceptualization of the concept of identity and the manner in which they operationalize it may be open to question, or they may be proven wrong on empirical grounds. These risks, however, are necessary if identity is to become a useful social scientific concept, and if it is to make a meaningful contribution to our understanding of politics among nations.
Synopsis
The concept of identity in international relations offers too many vague and imprecise definitions of the concepts that stand at its very core. This text offers clear definitions of the concept of identity and the concepts surrounding the term.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-413) and index.
Table of Contents
Tracing the influence of identity / Glenn Chafetz, Benjamin Frankel, Michael Spirtas -- The three faces of identity / Paul Kowert -- The place and power of civic space : reading globalization and social geography through the lens of civilizational conflict / Cori Dauber and David Cheshire -- State socialization in the international system / Joäao Resende-Santos -- Immigration and the politics of security / Roxanne Lynn Doty -- Constructing a separate peace : constructivism, collective liberal identity, and democratic peace / Colin H. Kahl -- Territorial and national sovereigns : sovereign identity and consequences for security policy / Rodney Bruce Hall -- NATO enlargement : a constructivist explanation / Frank Schimmelfennig -- NATO, Germany, and the United States : creating positive identity in trans-Atlantia / Mary N. Hampton -- From balance of power to political community : transnational identity formation and the integration of Italy / Bruce Cronin -- French twist : comparing French and British defense policies / Michael Spirtas -- Abandoning Iraq : Jordan's alliances and the politics of state identity / Marc Lynch.