Nick Whittaker

Geopolitics and Identity in British Foreign Policy Discourse

The Island Race

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781032448114
• ISBN-10: 1032448113
• Artikelnr.: 71913586

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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