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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457698603321

Titolo

Post-Cold War identity politics : northern and Baltic experiences / / editors, Marko Lehti, David J. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-76050-0

1-280-11440-1

0-203-01069-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Collana

Cass series--nationalism and ethnicity, , 1462-9755

Altri autori (Persone)

LehtiMarko

SmithDavid J <1968-> (David James)

Disciplina

947/.0009/049

Soggetti

Post-communism - Europe, Northern

Post-communism - Baltic States

Security, International

Electronic books.

Europe, Northern Politics and government

Baltic States Politics and government

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Map; Contributors; Abbreviations; Series Editor's Preface; Foreword; Introduction: Other Europes; 1 Possessing a Baltic Europe: Retold National Narratives in the European North; 2 Nordic Near Abroad or New Northern Europe? Perspectives on Post-Cold War Regional Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Area; 3 Past Politics in North-Eastern Europe: The Role of History in Post-Cold War Identity Politics; 4 From Modern to Post-Modern Region-Building: Emancipating the Finnish Nation from the State

5 The Encounter Between the Nordic and the Northern: Torn Apart but Meeting Again?6 Looking for Neighbours: Origins and Development of Latvian Rhetoric on Nordic 'Closeness'; 7 Regional Security: All or Nothing at All?; 8 Estonia and Europe: A Common Identity or an Identity Crisis?; 9 Paradise Regained: The Conceptualization of Europe in the



Lithuanian Debate; 10 The Baltic States in Russian Foreign Policy Discourse: Can Russia Become a Baltic Country?; 11 Post

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the existence of co-existing and - to some extent - competing region-building projects in northern Europe.