04789nam 2200721Ia 450 991078206400332120231206202927.01-282-85432-197866128543230-7735-6641-410.1515/9780773566415(CKB)1000000000521029(EBL)3330853(SSID)ssj0000283800(PQKBManifestationID)11236333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283800(PQKBWorkID)10249971(PQKB)10377354(CaPaEBR)400738(Au-PeEL)EBL3330853(CaPaEBR)ebr10141523(CaONFJC)MIL285432(OCoLC)929121107(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/fjvjnm(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400738(MiAaPQ)EBC3330853(DE-B1597)655276(DE-B1597)9780773566415(MiAaPQ)EBC3244656(EXLCZ)99100000000052102919980526d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRole quests in the post-cold war era foreign policies in transition /editor, Philippe G. Le PrestreMontreal ;Buffalo :McGill-Queen's University Press,1997.1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) illustrations"Conducted under the auspices of the Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité (CEPES) of the Université du Québec à Montréal"--Acknowledgments.0-7735-1533-X 0-7735-1532-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-304) and index.""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Author! Author! Defining Foreign Policy Roles after the Cold War""; ""2 The Soviet Union/Russia: Which Past for Which Future?""; ""3 Articulating the New International Role of the United States during Previous Transitions, 1916-1919, 1943-1947""; ""4 The United States: An Elusive Role Quest after the Cold War""; ""5 Japan: A Great Power Despite Itself""; ""6 Germany: To Be or Not to Be Normal?""; ""7 France: The Straitjacket of New Freedom""; ""8 Great Britain: Still Searching for Status?""""9 China: Role Conceptions after the Cold War"" ""10 Canada: A Reassertion of Its Role as a Middle Power""; ""11 Change and Continuity in Foreign Policy Role Conceptions after the Cold War""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Centre d'etudes des politiques etrangeres et de securite, Universite du Quebec Montreal""A state's articulation of its national role betrays its preferences and an image of the world, triggers expectations, and influences the definition of the situation and of available options. Extending Kal Holsti's early work on the usefulness of the concept of role, Role Quests in the Post-Cold War Era examines the nature, evolution, and origins of role conceptions, key aspects largely ignored in a literature obsessed with the quest for immediate relevance. For each country contributors present the major foreign policy debate that took place at the end of the Cold War and examine, through an analysis of major speeches, the relative weight of identity and international status in the definition of the national role. Uncovering the different roles that states claim for themselves allows reflection on the possibility of international cooperation in the maintenance of international order. This study helps assess the importance of identity in national role conceptions, identify potential conflicts arising from the clash of roles masquerading as interests, and clarifies existing contradictions in prevailing roles. Contributors include Caroline Alain, Onnig Beylérian, Christophe Canivet, Jean-René Chotard, André Donneur, Philippe G. Le Prestre, Paul Létourneau, Jacques Lévesque, Alexander Macleod, Marie-Elisabeth Räkel, Jean-François Thibeault, and Charles Thumerelle.International relationsPost-communismWorld politics1985-1995International relations.Post-communism.World politics327.109049Le Prestre Philippe G., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut870970Le Prestre Philippe G870970Université du Québec à Montréal.Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782064003321Role quests in the post-cold war era3747074UNINA