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UNISA996248276803316 |
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Autore |
Prizel Ilya |
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National identity and foreign policy : nationalism and leadership in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine / / Ilya Prizel |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-511-82262-6 |
0-511-58292-7 |
0-511-00631-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 443 pages) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies ; ; 103 |
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Soggetti |
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Nationalism - Europe, Eastern - History |
Europe, Eastern Politics and government |
Europe, Eastern Foreign relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: statement of arguments -- ; 1. National identity and foreign policy: a dialectical relationship -- ; 2. Polish identity 1795-1944: from romanticism to positivism to ethnonationalism -- ; 3. Poland after World War II: native conservatism and the return to Central Europe -- ; 4. Polish foreign policy in perspective: a new encounter with positivism -- ; 5. Russia's national identity and the accursed question: a strong state and a weak society -- ; 6. Russian identity and the Soviet period -- ; 7. Russia's foreign policy reconsidered -- ; 8. Ukraine: the ambivalent identity of a submerged nation, 1654-1945 -- ; 9. Ukraine after World War II: birth pangs of a modern identity -- ; 10. Foreign policy as a means of nation building. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is based on the premise that the foreign policy of any country is heavily influenced by a society's evolving notions of itself. Applying his analysis to Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, the author argues that national identity is an ever-changing concept, influenced by internal and external events, and by the manipulation of a polity's collective memory. The interaction of the narrative of a society and its foreign policy is therefore paramount. This is especially the case in East-Central Europe, where political institutions are weak, and social |
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