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Community Under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation
Bruce Cronin
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Description for Community Under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation
Paperback. Aims to show how the development of various social identities among political elites leads to cohesive forms of cooperation. This book demonstrates how the cohesive structures evolve from various events and processes to diminish boundaries dividing societies. It also demonstrates how socially derived identities create new roles for state leaders. Num Pages: 270 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
How do states distinguish friends from enemies, partners from competitors, and communities from outsiders? Community Under Anarchy shows how the development of common social identities among political elites can lead to deeper, more cohesive forms of cooperation than what has been previously envisioned by traditional theories of international relations. Drawing from recent advances in social theory and constructivist approaches, Bruce Cronin demonstrates how these cohesive structures evolve from a series of discrete events and processes that help to diminish the conceptual boundaries dividing societies. Community Under Anarchy supports this thesis through a new and original interpretation of the Concert of Europe, the Holy Alliance, and the political integration of Italy and Germany. In the wake of the upheavals created by the French Revolution and the revolutions of 1848, political elites helped to validate new forms of governance by creating transnational reference groups from which they could draw legitimacy. As a result, European states were able to overcome the polarizing effects of anarchy and create a concert system, a common security association, and two amalgamated security communities. The empirical cases demonstrate how socially derived identities can shape state preferences and create new roles for state leaders.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231115971
SKU
V9780231115971
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About Bruce Cronin
Bruce Cronin is assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Reviews for Community Under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation
This book represents an important contribution to the emerging constructivist literature in international relations dealing with questions of collective identities.
Thomas Risse, European University Institute, Florence, Italy Political Science Quarterly
Thomas Risse, European University Institute, Florence, Italy Political Science Quarterly