LEADER 04205nam 22005895 450 001 9910483711303321 005 20251116232741.0 010 $a9783030515218 010 $a3030515214 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-51521-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011528471 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6383576 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-51521-8 035 $a(PPN)259452947 035 $a(Perlego)3481061 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011528471 100 $a20201027d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPolitics of Stigmatization $ePoland as a 'Latecomer' in the European Union /$fby Molly Krasnod?bska 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 248 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in International Relations,$x2946-2681 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9783030515201 311 08$a3030515206 327 $aCHAPTER 1: Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 From Socialization to Stigmatization: New Members in Western Institutions -- CHAPTER 3: Strategic Culture and the Quest for Ontological Security -- CHAPTER 4: Poland's Strategic Culture: East and West -- CHAPTER 5: Becoming 'New Europe': The Iraq Crisis and the Construction of Poland's 'Latecomer' Stigma -- CHAPTER 6: A Little War the World Forgot: Poland's Initiative during the Russo-Georgian War -- CHAPTER 7: Managing the Ukraine Crisis: A Triumph of Poland's EU Politics? -- CHAPTER 8: Conclusion. 330 $aMolly Krasnodebska's book offers fresh insights into the mechanisms underlying post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, challenging the established "imitative" paradigm that for years has been the norm in political science when describing Poland's systemic transition from communism to democracy. In this important work Krasnodebska offers a new way to interpret Polish foreign and security policy choices in light of the country's strategic culture and its quest for security, while addressing the broader historical context that has shaped the region. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand post-communist transformation in the former Eastern Bloc. ---Professor Andrew A. Michta This book studies how the pursuit of becoming an established 'insider' in an international community shapes a state's foreign policy. It looks at Poland's response to three international crises that called for joint action ofthe EU and its members: the Iraq war of 2003, the Russo-Georgian war of 2008, and the Ukraine crisis beginning in 2013. The book develops the concept of strategic culture as a collection of historically informed narratives that guide a state's pursuit of ontological security, a basic sense of certainty about the state's role and place in the international environment. Building on this concept the author argues that Poland's behavior reflects the awareness of its stigma as a 'late arrival' in the EU, and more generally in the 'West' as an identity community. The study thus provides insight into how stigmatization and struggle for recognition shape international dynamics. Maria "Molly" Krasnod?bska is a Polish diplomat in Reykjavik, Iceland, and she holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge, UK. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in International Relations,$x2946-2681 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aForeign Policy 606 $aInternational Relations Theory 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aForeign Policy. 615 24$aInternational Relations Theory. 676 $a327.43804 700 $aKrasnode?bska$b Molly$01226870 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483711303321 996 $aPolitics of stigmatization$92848737 997 $aUNINA