The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics (New Directions in World Politics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231104685 ISBN 13: 9780231104685

Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, 1602

Synopsis

Thirteen articles are the result of a project designed to expose scholars of national security to different intellectual climates at different universities. Working from accepted theories including realist, post-modern, cultural, and rational choice approaches which have proven inadequate for analysis of a world in rapid change, contributors offer alternative perspectives on national security. The articles are divided into chapters on norms and national security; identity and national security; and implications and conclusions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

Book Description:

Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.

About the Author:

Peter J. Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1602
• ISBN 10: 0231104685
• ISBN 13: 9780231104685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 562
• Editor: Katzenstein Peter J.