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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817133703321

Autore

Schouenborg Laust

Titolo

The Scandinavian international society : primary institutions and binding forces, 1815-2010 / / Laust Schouenborg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-58610-X

9786613898555

0-203-10875-2

1-136-26717-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

The new international relations

Disciplina

327.48

Soggetti

Exceptionalism - Scandinavia

Scandinavia Foreign relations

Scandinavia Politics and government

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

Introduction -- Regional international societies, primary institutions and binding forces -- Applying English School structural theory -- Exceptionalism and post-Westphalian regional international societies -- Primary institutions, 1815-1919 -- Binding forces, 1815-1919 -- Primary institutions, 1919-1989 -- Binding forces, 1919-1989 -- Primary institutions 1989-2010 -- Binding forces, 1989-2010 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Scandinavia as a regional international society, including the Nordic Peace and the rise of the Scandinavian welfare state.Schouenborg aims to take the next big step in the theoretical development of the English School of International Relations - particularly the structural version introduced by Barry Buzan. He analyses the formation of a Scandinavian regional international society over a 200-year period and develops the concepts of 'primary institutions' and 'binding forces' as an analytical framework. In doing so, he not only o