Ordering international politics : identity, crisis, and representational force / Janice Bially Mattern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattern, Janice Bially.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do states sustain international order during crises? Drawing on the political philosophy of Lyotard and through an empirical examination of the Anglo-American international order during the 1956 Suez Crisis, Bially Mattern demonstrates that states can (and do) use representational force--a forceful but non-physical form of power exercised through language--to stabilize international identity and in turn international order.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER I Toward an Identity Turn?; Theorizing Identity; CHAPTER 2 Sources of Order; CHAPTER 3 The Suez Puzzle; CHAPTER 4 Forcing Order; Forcing Anglo-American Order; CHAPTER 5 Demagnetization; CHAPTER 6 Dissolution; CHAPTER 7 Re-Production; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8 Re-Turn to Identity; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-93318-9

1-135-93319-7

1-280-21651-4

9786610216512

0-203-99801-4

9780203998014

OCLC:

475959498