Making identity count
Subtitle: building a national identity database
By: edited by Ted Hopf and Bentley B. Allan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780190255480; 9780190255473
Subjects: World politics; International relations; Constructivism (Philosophy); National interest; Philosophy; National characteristics; Political aspects
Description: 'Making Identity Count' presents a new constructivist method for the recovery of national identity, applies the method in nine country cases, and draws conclusions from the empirical evidence for hegemonic transitions and a variety of quantitative theories of identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making identity count : constructivism, identity, and IR theory / Ted Hopf; title: Recovering discourses of national identity / Bentley B. Allan; title: "The rascal's paradise" : Brazilian national identity in 2010 / Marina Duque; title: "Development" as a means to an unknown end : Chinese national identity in 2010 / Liang Ce and Rachel Zeng Rui; title: Whither La France? : French national identity in 2010 / Benjamin Chan Jian Ming and Rebecca Oh; title: The Politics of responsibility : German national identity in 2010 / Lim Kai Heng; title: Talented Democrats in a modern state : Indian identity 2010, English sources / Jarrod Hayes; title: The world's largest democracy between two futures : Indian national identity in 2010, Hindi sources / Shivaji Kumar; title: Conflicted identities : Japanese national identity 2010 / Nanaho Hanada; title: America's "only friend" : British national identity in 2010 / Srdjan Vucetic; title: The country upon a hill? : American identity in 2010 / Ki Hoon Michael Hur; title: "Making identity count" beyond IR / Srdjan Vucetic; title: What have we learned? / Ted Hopf and Bentley B. Allan; title: Appendix : national identity report code book.