{"product_id":"the-politics-of-becoming-european-a-study-of-polish-and-baltic-postcold-war-security-imaginaries-new-international-relations-9780415851374","title":"The Politics of Becoming European A Study of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book weaves together perspectives drawn from critical international relations, anthropology and social theory in order to understand the Polish and Baltic post-Cold War politics of becoming European.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproaching the study of Europeâs eastern enlargement through a post-colonial critique, author Maria MÃlksoo makes a convincing case for a rethinking of European identity. Drawing on the theorist Edward Said, she contends that studies of the European Union are marked by a prevailing Orientalism, rarely asking who has traditionally been able to define European identity, and whether this identity should be presented as an historical process rather than a static category. The central argument of this book is that the historical experience of being framed as simultaneously in Europe - and yet not quite in Europe â informs the current self-understandings and security imaginaries of Poland and the Baltic States. Exploring this existential condition of âliminal Europeanessâ among foreign and security policy-making elites, the book considers its effects on key security policy issues, including relations with Western Europe, Russia and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupported by solid empirical analyses, this book provides an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to the post-Cold War predicament of Poland and the Baltic States. It will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations, European Studies, Social and Political Theory, and Anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a remarkable and even daring book. In 154 pages Maria Ma¨lksoo, a researcher at the International Centre for Defense Studies in Tallinn, Estonia, fastidiously sets out to understand the post-Cold War politics of becoming European.' - \u003cem\u003eMeike Wulf - (University of Maastricht) Journal of Baltic Studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Politics of Becoming European 2. Dialogical Understanding of Collective Identity Formation 3. Liminality in the Politics of Becoming 4. ‘Becoming European’ as Identity Politics: Europe and Old and New 5. The Memory Politics of Becoming European: The East European Subalterns and the Collective Memory of Europe 6. The ‘Carnival’ of Iraq as the Meeting Point for Identity, Memory and Security Politics of Becoming European 7. Conclusion: How We Become What We Are\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018205856087,"sku":"9780415851374","price":47.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415851374.jpg?v=1750776013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-becoming-european-a-study-of-polish-and-baltic-postcold-war-security-imaginaries-new-international-relations-9780415851374","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}