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This collection of essays examines the racialized and gendered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts and local/global relationships. The range – geographically, thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects current concerns in the world today.
National Interests, National Identity and ‘Ethical Foreign Policy’1
National Interests, National Identity and ‘Ethical Foreign Policy’1
Introduction
Today there is a consensus that the foreign policy of leading Western powers cannot be understood through considering nation-states as egoistic actors pursing narrow self-interest. Since the end of the Cold War, major states have increasingly stressed the importance of ethics and values in the shaping of international goals and have intervened internationally on the basis of ethical foreign policy concerns such as human rights and international justice. Many commentators have understood this shift to ‘value-led’ or ‘ethical’ foreign policy through an ‘outside/in’ approach to the question, viewing this value shift as a response to international pressures of globalisation and the creation of new cosmopolitan constituencies and new national identities. ...
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