Title: National purpose in the world economy : post-Soviet states in comparative perspective /
Authors: Abdelal, Rawi, 1971-
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Nationalism Former Soviet republics; Nationalism Soviet Union Republics.; Former Soviet republics Foreign economic relations.; Former Soviet republics Economic integration.; Former Soviet republics Commercial policy.
Abstract: "How do national identities affect the world economy? Building on the insight that nationalisms and national identities endow economic policy with social purpose, Rawi Abdelal proposes a novel theoretical framework, a distinctively Nationalist perspective on international political economy, to answer this question. Using this framework, and drawing on field research in Lithuania, Ukraine, and Belarus, he provides an in-depth look at the link between national identity and the economic policies of the new states formed by the breakup of the Soviet Union."--Jacket.
Contents: Nation, state, and economy -- A nationalist perspective on international political economy -- Economic relations among post-Soviet states -- Lithuania : toward Europe and the West -- Ukraine : between East and West -- Belarus : toward Russia and the East -- Political economy after empire -- Conclusions.