National Identity and Foreign Policy: Nationalism and Leadership in Poland, Russia and Ukraine: 103 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 103) - Softcover

Prizel, Ilya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521576970 ISBN 13: 9780521576970

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book is based on the premise that the foreign policy of any country is heavily influenced by a society's evolving notions of itself. Applying his analysis to Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, the author argues that national identity is an ever-changing concept, influenced by internal and external events, and by the manipulation of a polity's collective memory. The interaction of the narrative of a society and its foreign policy is therefore paramount. This is especially the case in East-Central Europe, where political institutions are weak, and social coherence remains subject to the vagaries of the concept of nationhood. Ilya Prizel's study will be of interest to students of nationalism, as well as of foreign policy and politics in East-Central Europe.

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'The work by Ilya Prizel is a theoretically sophisticated analysis of ... how different strands of nationalism evolve in dialectic interaction with the outside world.' NOD and Conversion

' ... Prizel's study bristles with thought-provoking insights ...' Political Studies

Book Description:

This book argues that the foreign policy of any country is heavily influenced by national identity. This is especially the case in East-Central Europe where political institutions are weak, and social coherence remains subject to the vagaries of the concept of nationhood. Ilya Prizel's study examines the history and politics of Russia, Poland and Ukraine, and will be of interest to students of nationalism, as well as foreign policy and politics in East-Central Europe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521576970
• ISBN 13: 9780521576970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 460