by IlyaPrizel (Author)
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 coherence remains subject to the vagaries of the concept of nationhood. Ilya Prizel's study will be of interest to students of nationalism, as well as of foreign policy and politics in East-Central Europe.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 460
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 13 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 052157157X
ISBN 13: 9780521571579
Prizes: Winner of Marshall Shulman Book Prize 1999.