Constructivism, Narrative and Foreign Policy Analysis: A Case Study of Finland
- ISBN-10
- 3039105191
- ISBN-13
- 9783039105199
- Category
- Constructivism (Philosophy)
- Pages
- 332
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Author
- Christopher S. Browning
Description
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.
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