National Purpose in the World Economy : Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective / Rawi Abdelal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdelal, Rawi, author.

Series:

Cornell studies in political economy.

Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Former Soviet republics.

Nationalism.

Former Soviet republics--Commercial policy.

Former Soviet republics.

Former Soviet republics--Economic integration.

Former Soviet republics--Foreign economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 221 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Post-Soviet states in comparative perspective

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do national identities affect the world economy? Building on the insight that nationalisms and national identities endow economic policy with social purpose, Rawi Abdelal proposes a novel theoretical framework, a distinctively Nationalist perspective on international political economy, to answer this question. Using this framework, and drawing on field research in Lithuania, Ukraine, and Belarus, he provides an in-depth look at the link between national identity and the economic policies of the new states formed by the breakup of the Soviet Union. All these states, from the Baltic coast to central Asia, were economically dependent on Russia during the 1990's. However, they reacted very differently to that dependence, and their reactions can be traced, Abdelal contends, to their individual societies. Some, such as Belarus, found dependence inevitable and sought economic reintegration with Russia. Others, like Lithuania, interpreted dependence as a large-scale security threat and reoriented their economies away from Russia. A third group, typified by Ukraine, demonstrated no coherent economic policy at all regarding dependence. Abdelal distinguishes the Nationalist tradition in international political economy from the Realist tradition, and shows that economic nationalism is different than mercantilism. He demonstrates the ways that national identity affects economic policy and explains why some governments seek economic autonomy while others prefer regional reintegration. He then applies his approach to other cases of economic reorganization after the end of empire-eastern Europe in the 1920's after the Habsburgs, 1950's Indonesia, and French West Africa in the 1960's.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Nation, State, and Economy

2. A Nationalist Perspective on International Political Economy

3. Economic Relations among Post-Soviet States

4. Lithuania: Toward Europe and the West

5. Ukraine: Between East and West

6. Belarus: Toward Russia and the East

7. Political Economy after Empire

8. Conclusions

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781501720390

1501720392

9780801438790

0801438799

OCLC:

1080550497