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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791948803321

Autore

Tonra Ben

Titolo

Global citizen and European Republic [[electronic resource] ] : Irish foreign policy in transition / / Ben Tonra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-78170-161-X

1-84779-235-9

Edizione

[Online-ausg.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

EBL-Schweitzer

Reappraising the Political

Disciplina

327.1

327.417

Soggetti

National characteristics, Irish

Political culture - Ireland

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

Ireland 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

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The narrative of the Irish Nation; 3 The narrative of the Global Citizen; 4 The narrative of the European Republic; 5 The narrative of the Anglo-American State; 6 Policy actors and structures: the executive drama; 7 Policy actors and structures: the democratic coda; 8 European ambitions and obligations; 9 Security, defence and neutrality; 10 Case study: the war in Iraq 2003; 11 Conclusions on an Irish role in the world; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This book, available in paperback for the first time, offers a new and innovative way of looking at Irish foreign policy, linking its development with changes in Irish national identity. Many debates within contemporary International Relations focus on the relative benefits of taking a traditional interest-based approach to the study of foreign policy as opposed to the more recently developed identity-based approach. Uniquely, this book takes the latter and, instead of looking at Irish foreign policy through the lens of individual, geo-strategic or political interest, it is linked to deeper id.