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Book SynopsisA concluding chapter discusses the policy implications of aspirational constructivism for Russia and other nations and a methodological appendix lays out a framework for testing the theory.
Trade ReviewAnne Clunan's insightful and careful analysis of the interplay among five alternate Russian national self-images-Western, statist, Slavophile, neo-communist, and nationalist-is likely to be the book's most influential and enduring contribution... this very good book deserves praise and a wide audience both inside and outside the academy. -- Rawi Abdelal Political Science Quarterly 2010 The author explains lucidly and with originality how... elites determine what will be the 'platform' of the Russian identity. -- Ellen Mickiewicz Political Psychology 2010 Clunan does something unusual in this book: she both intervenes in an academic debate over international relations theory and produces fresh insight into the wellsprings of contemporary Russian foreign policy... In the process, she provides an unusually nuanced view of what Russia's current national identity is all about. -- Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration of Russian
1. Introduction: Identity and Interests in World Politics
2. Aspirational Constructivism: A Theory of Identity and Interests
3. Russian National Self-Images in the 1990s
4. Russia's Foreign Policy Orientations: Ingroups,Outgroups, and Identity Management Strategies
5. Post-Soviet Russia's "Revolutionary Decade" and the Creation of National Identity
6. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Security Interests in Europe
7. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Interests in Nuclear Arms Control
8. Conclusion: Aspirational Constructivism and International Institutional Change
Appendix Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
