Fear and the making of foreign policy : Europe and beyond / Raymond Taras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taras, Ray, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xenophobia.

European Union countries--Foreign relations.

European Union countries.

International relations.

Xenophobia--Europe.

Europe.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Raymond Taras explains the causal mechanisms propelling three EU states to become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why xenophobia at home is converted into xenophobia abroad. Key features: a scholarly investigation into the role that human phobias play in international politics; examines states in Europe and beyond that have been marked by contrasting historical pathways whose policy responses to "strangers" at home and to "friends" or "foes" abroad are dramatically dissimilar; addresses the phenomena of social fears, moral panic, and declinism of the Wet through the prism of xenophobic attitudes and their often underestimated consequences; and includes chapter-length case studies of France, Poland, and Sweden, as well as offering counterpoints furnished by the US, China, Iran, and Turkey. -- Back cover.

Contents:

1 Fear and suspicion in contemporary politics

2 Reconnecting culture with foreign policy

3 Reflections on designing research for the study of fear and foreign policy

4 French Muslims and France's foreign policy

5 Poland's fixation with Russia: fear or reason?

6 Sweden: the limits of humanitarianism at home and abroad

7 Summing up.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780748699032

0748699031

9780748699018

0748699015

OCLC:

891125048