Neutrality And Statebuilding In Sweden

Author : M. Malmborg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403900920

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Neutrality and Statebuilding in Sweden by M. Malmborg Pdf

The successful maintenance of peace since 1814 made neutrality a widely popular doctrine in Sweden. Rather than a security policy in the strict sense, it has become a cornerstone of Swedish national identity. Yet, in the past decade the neutrality tradition has been called into question. What is meant by neutrality? Has Sweden ever been neutral? This book analyses the emergence, institutionalisation and reassessment of neutrality, of the notion of peace as a national good, from the sixteenth century to the present debate on NATO membership.

Author : Christine Agius
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1847791999

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The Social Construction of Swedish Neutrality by Christine Agius Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly in the post-9/11 international environment, neutrality has been conceptualised as a problematic subject. With the end of bipolarity, neutrality as a foreign and security policy lost much of its justification, and in the ongoing 'War on Terror', no state, according to the Bush Administration, can be neutral. However, much of this debate has gone unnoticed in IR literature. This book, newly available in paperback, examines the conceptualisation of neutrality from the Peloponnesian War to the present day, uncovering how neutrality has been a neglected and misunderstood subject in IR theory and politics. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism, this book argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. Using Sweden as a case study, it links identity, sovereignty, internationalism and solidarity to the debates about Swedish neutrality today and how neutrality has been central to Swedish identity and its world-view.

Author : Sverker Åström
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Neutrality
ISBN : PSU:000031195195

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Sweden's Policy of Neutrality by Sverker Åström Pdf

Author : Bengt A Sundelius
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000315547

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The Committed Neutral by Bengt A Sundelius Pdf

This book is a collection of essays by Swedish and American academics begins by putting into its historical perspective the classic definition of Swedish foreign policy as freedom from alliance in peace, aiming for neutrality in war and it helps to gain new insights on the Sweden's foreign policy.

Author : Krister Wahlbäck
Publisher : [Stockholm] : the Swedish Institute
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Neutrality
ISBN : UCAL:B4156264

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The Roots of Swedish Neutrality by Krister Wahlbäck Pdf

Author : Jelena Radoman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030805951

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Military Neutrality of Small States in the Twenty-First Century by Jelena Radoman Pdf

This book explores the factors that account for military neutrality as a security strategy for small states. Through comparing the cases of Serbia and Sweden, who have both come to define their security policies in identicial terms of military neutrality/non-alignment, the book introduces a novel conceptual framework that is built against existing knowledge found in the small states and military neutrality literature. Drawing on different theoretical frameworks, the model explains why certain small states choose to stay outside of military alliances in the twenty-first century. The author then applies the new model to the two selected case studies.

Author : Ryszard M. Czarny
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319775135

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Sweden: From Neutrality to International Solidarity by Ryszard M. Czarny Pdf

This book presents the legal and political factors determining international relations, including the processes of integration in all their complexity. The overall structure of the book, together with the composition of its separate chapters, allows for some general assumptions, identifying the main tendencies and placing them in a contemporary social context as well as establishing their relations with the practices of today. The content is a compendium of basic information and data related to the international processes which occur within specific formal, legal and political frames. The book is divided into five parts featuring not only deep historical context but most of all presenting current information and analyses of the last few years. Presented against the background and within the context of the Kingdom of Sweden’s political system and its international environment, the book brings into the foreground issues of particular importance for Sweden’s continuing European integration process and describes its response to the developments in the international situation.

Author : Pascal Lottaz,Ingemar Ottosson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000402292

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Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War by Pascal Lottaz,Ingemar Ottosson Pdf

We thank Ekman & Co AB and Gadelius Holding Ltd for their kind and generous support, making this research available online for free. Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter’s 15 years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden’s relationship with European Axis powers took place under the premise of existential security concerns, the case of Japan was altogether different. Japan never was a threat to Sweden, militarily or economically. Nevertheless, Stockholm maintained a close relationship with Tokyo until Japan’s surrender in 1945. This book explores the reasons for that and therefore provides a study on the rationale and the value of neutrality in the Long Second World War. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War is a valuable resource for scholars of the Second World War and of the history of neutrality.

Author : Nevra Biltekin,Leos Müller,Magnus Petersson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800735903

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200 Years of Peace by Nevra Biltekin,Leos Müller,Magnus Petersson Pdf

Since 1814 Sweden has avoided involvement in armed conflicts and carried out policies of non-alignment in peacetime and neutrality during war. Even though the Swedish government often describes Sweden as a ‘nation of peace’, in 2004 the 200-year anniversary of that peace passed by with barely any attention. Despite its extraordinary longevity, research about the Swedish experience of enduring peace is underdeveloped. 200 Years of Peace places this long period of peace in broader academic and public discussions surrounding claimed Swedish exceptionality as it is represented in the nation’s social policies, expansive welfare state, eugenics, gender equality programs, and peace.

Author : Heinz Gärtner
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498546195

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Engaged Neutrality by Heinz Gärtner Pdf

The notion that neutrality is a phenomenon only relevant to the Cold War is false in many ways. The Cold War was about building blocks, neutrality about staying out of them. From 1975 until the end of the Cold War, neutral states offered mediation and good offices and fought against the stagnation of the détente policy especially in the framework of the CSCE. After the end of the Cold War, neutral states became active in peace-operations outside of military alliances. The concept of neutrality has proven time and again that it can adapt to new situations. In many ways, small neutral states have more room to maneuver than members of alliances or big powers. They have more acceptance and fewer geopolitical interests. Neutrality has been declared obsolete many times in its long and layered history., yet it has also made many comebacks in varying forms and contexts. Neutrality in the 21st century does not involve to staying out but engaging. In contrast to disengagement and staying out, engaged neutrality entails active participation in the international security policy in general and in international peace operations in particular. Engaged neutrality means involvement whenever possible and staying out only if necessary.

Author : Christine Agius
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719071534

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The Social Construction of Swedish Neutrality by Christine Agius Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly in the post-9/11 international environment, neutrality has been conceptualized as a problematic subject. With the end of bipolarity, neutrality as a foreign and security policy lost much of its justification, and in the ongoing "War on Terror", no state, according to the Bush Administration, can be neutral. However, much of this debate has gone unnoticed in IR literature. This book, newly available in paperback, examines the conceptualization of neutrality from the Peloponnesian War to the present day, uncovering how neutrality has been a neglected and misunderstood subject in IR theory and politics. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism, this book argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. Using Sweden as a case study, it links identity, sovereignty, internationalism, and solidarity to the debates about Swedish neutrality today and how neutrality has been central to Swedish identity and its world-view.

Author : Mark Kramer,Aryo Makko,Peter Ruggenthaler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793631930

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The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe by Mark Kramer,Aryo Makko,Peter Ruggenthaler Pdf

The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe examines how the neutral European countries and the Soviet Union interacted after World War II. Amid the Cold War division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs, several long-time neutral countries abandoned neutrality and joined NATO. Other countries remained neutral but were still perceived as a threat to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Based on extensive archival research, this volume offers state-of-the-art essays about relations between Europe’s neutral states and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and how these relations were perceived by other powers.

Author : Helena F. S. Lopes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009311779

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Neutrality and Collaboration in South China by Helena F. S. Lopes Pdf

The South China enclave of Macau was the first and last European colonial settlement in East Asia and a territory at the crossroads of different empires. In this highly original study, Helena F. S. Lopes analyses the layers of collaboration that developed from neutrality in Macau during the Second World War. Exploring the intersections of local, regional and global dynamics, she unpacks the connections between a plurality of actors with competing and collaborative interests, including Chinese Nationalists, Communists and collaborators with Japan, Portuguese colonial authorities and British and Japanese representatives. Lopes argues that neutrality eased the movement of refugees of different nationalities who sought shelter in Macau during the war and that it helped to guarantee the maintenance of two remnants of European colonialism – Macau and Hong Kong. Drawing on extensive research from multilingual archival material from Asia, Europe, Australasia and America, this book brings to light the multiple global connections framing the experiences of neutrality and collaboration in the Portuguese-administered enclave of Macau.

Author : Sandra Bott,Jussi M. Hanhimaki,Janick Schaufelbuehl,Marco Wyss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317502708

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Neutrality and Neutralism in the Global Cold War by Sandra Bott,Jussi M. Hanhimaki,Janick Schaufelbuehl,Marco Wyss Pdf

This book sheds new light on the foreign policies, roles, and positions of neutral states and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the global Cold War. The volume places the neutral states and the NAM in the context of the Cold War and demonstrates the links between the East, the West, and the so-called Third World. In doing so, this collection provides readers an alternative way of exploring the evolution and impact of the Cold War on North-South connections that challenges traditional notions of the post-1945 history of international relations. The various contributions are framed against the backdrop of the evolution of the Cold War international system and the decolonization process in the Southern hemisphere. By juxtaposing the policies of European neutrals and countries of the NAM, this book offers new perspectives on the evolution of the Cold War. With the links between these two groups of countries receiving very little attention in Cold War scholarship, the volume thus offers a window into a hitherto neglected perspective on the Cold War. Via a series of case studies, the chapters here present new viewpoints on the evolution of the global Cold War through the exploration of the ensuing internal and (mainly) external policy choices of these nations. This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War Studies, international history, foreign policy, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Jon Pierre
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199665679

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The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics by Jon Pierre Pdf

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