NATO's security discourse after the Cold War : representing the West /
This book analyses the way in which the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) defines the West after the end of the Cold War and the demise of its constitutive 'Other', the Soviet Union.The book offers a theoretical critique of liberal approaches to security, and focuses on NATO's...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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Colección: | New international relations.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book analyses the way in which the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) defines the West after the end of the Cold War and the demise of its constitutive 'Other', the Soviet Union.The book offers a theoretical critique of liberal approaches to security, and focuses on NATO's construction of four geo-cultural spaces that are the sites of particular dangers or threats, which cause these spaces to be defined as the 'enemy' of the West. While this forges a collective Western identity, effectively achieved in the 1990s, the book also includes an analysis of NATO's involve. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780203109328 0203109325 9781136269219 1136269215 |