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Beschreibung
This is the first book to examine Britain's geopolitical identity and how it is expressed in foreign policy discourse. It demonstrates how British imperial thought, related to its island status, has remained important for British Members of Parliament in their debates of contemporary issues.
This is the first book to examine Britain's geopolitical identity and how it is expressed in foreign policy discourse. It demonstrates how British imperial thought, related to its island status, has remained important for British Members of Parliament in their debates of contemporary issues.
Über den Autor

Nick Whittaker is a Subject Lead in Social Sciences and Law and tutor of International Relations at the University of Sussex International Study Centre. His articles have appeared in Geopolitics and Political Geography.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to the Island Race: Geopolitics and identity in British foreign policy

2. Understanding foreign policy, geopolitics and identity

3. A North Atlantic heritage and a Middle Eastern crisis: Island Race identity from the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Suez Crisis

4. The insularity/universalism conundrum: Island Race identity and European integration, 1960-3

5. From the Heartlands of Eurasia to the South Atlantic: Thatcher and the reinvigoration of Island Race identity

6. International Communities and Island Stories: Geopolitics, globalisation and ontological security 1997-2015

7. Whose Island Story? Brexit, Global Britain and the geopolitics of belonging

8. Conclusion

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Geografie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032448114
ISBN-10: 1032448113
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Whittaker, Nick
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Whittaker
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,333 kg
Artikel-ID: 132652014