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Social Construction of Russia's Resurgence:

Aspirations, Identity, and Security Interests
  • ISBN-13: 9780801891571
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Anne L. Clunan
  • Price: AUD $145.00
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  • Local release date: 14/08/2009
  • Format: Hardback 336 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Comparative politics [JPB]
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Once again, it appears that Russia is marching to the forefront of the international stage. Anne L. Clunan's analysis of Russia's resurgence convincingly argues that traditional security concerns, historical aspirations, and human agency are coalescing around a new national identity and reconfigured national interests in the post-Soviet nation. Her work moves beyond balance-of-power and realist politics to posit a new, interdisciplinary theory: aspirational constructivism. This groundbreaking theory draws on international relations research and social psychology. Clunan argues that the need for collective self-esteem creates aspirations—often based in a nation's past—that directly shape its national and security interests. In applying this theory to Russia, she points to the nation's continuing efforts to exert influence over former Soviet satellite states and relates the desire for international status found in five broad Russian national self-images—Western, statist, Slavophile, neocommunist, and nationalist—to Russia's definition of its security interests with respect to Europe, Eurasia, and nuclear weapons. Clunan's examination of how sociology, social psychology, and traditional international politics affect post-Soviet Russian identity and security concerns is truly cross-disciplinary. A concluding chapter discusses the policy implications of aspirational constructivism for Russia and other nations and a methodological appendix lays out a framework for testing the theory.

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration of Russian1. Introduction: Identity and Interests in World Politics2. Aspirational Constructivism: A Theory of Identity and Interests3. Russian National Self-Images in the 1990s4. Russia's Foreign Policy Orientations: Ingroups,Outgroups, and Identity Management Strategies5. Post-Soviet Russia's ""Revolutionary Decade"" and the Creation of National Identity6. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Security Interests in Europe7. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Interests in Nuclear Arms Control8. Conclusion: Aspirational Constructivism and International Institutional ChangeAppendix MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex

""The author is to be congratulated for a stimulating, well-researched and well-written study.""

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