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The social construction of Swedish neutrality : challenges to Swedish identity and sovereignty / Christine Agius.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agius, Christine, author.
- Series:
- New approaches to conflict analysis.
- New approaches to conflict analysis
- New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
- Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neutrality--Sweden.
- Neutrality.
- National characteristics, Swedish.
- Neutrality--Social aspects--Sweden.
- Sweden.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 pages) : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Agius argues that Swedish neutrality is an embedded part of Swedish identity, and its domestic sources stem from the ideology of social democracy. She suggests that the norms of active neutrality can be reworked to contribute to a cosmopolitan international order.
- Contents:
- 7 Into Europe with the SAP: Sweden as an EU member state8 The 'war on terror' and globalisation: implications for neutrality and sovereignty; Conclusion: The failure of neutrality?; Bibliography; INDEX.
- Copyright; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 1 Writing neutrality: from the Peloponnesian War to the Cold War; 2 Neutrality 'is what states make of it': rethinking neutrality through constructivism; 3 Neutrality as a Social Democratic project: tracing the origins of Swedish neutrality,1814-1945; 4 Sweden's post-war neutrality doctrine: active internationalism and 'credible neutrality'; 5 The crisis in Swedish Social Democracy: paving the path for a new identity; 6 A new Swedish identity? Bildt, Europe and neutrality in the post-Cold War era.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print record and e-Publication, viewed on May 22, 2018.
- ISBN:
- 9781784990022
- 1784990027
- 9781781701263
- 1781701261
- 9781847791993
- 1847791999
- OCLC:
- 818847233
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