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The Social Construction of Russia's Resurgence. Aspirations, Identity, and Security Interests.
Anne L. Clunan
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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. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JP; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
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.
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891571
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V9780801891571
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About Anne L. Clunan
Anne L. Clunan is an associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. She is the coeditor of several books, including Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons and Ungoverned Spaces: Alternatives to State Authority in an Era of Softened Sovereignty.
Reviews for The Social Construction of Russia's Resurgence. Aspirations, Identity, and Security Interests.
Anne Clunan's insightful and careful analysis of the interplay among five alternate Russian national self-images-Western, statist, Slavophile, neo-communist, and nationalist-is likely to be the book's most influential and enduring contribution... this very good book deserves praise and a wide audience both inside and outside the academy.
Rawi Abdelal Political Science Quarterly 2010 The author explains lucidly and with originality how... elites determine what will be the 'platform' of the Russian identity.
Ellen Mickiewicz Political Psychology 2010 Clunan does something unusual in this book: she both intervenes in an academic debate over international relations theory and produces fresh insight into the wellsprings of contemporary Russian foreign policy... In the process, she provides an unusually nuanced view of what Russia's current national identity is all about.
Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs
Rawi Abdelal Political Science Quarterly 2010 The author explains lucidly and with originality how... elites determine what will be the 'platform' of the Russian identity.
Ellen Mickiewicz Political Psychology 2010 Clunan does something unusual in this book: she both intervenes in an academic debate over international relations theory and produces fresh insight into the wellsprings of contemporary Russian foreign policy... In the process, she provides an unusually nuanced view of what Russia's current national identity is all about.
Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs