National collective identity : social constructs and international systems - Hall, Rodney Bruce, 1960- (New York : Columbia University Press, 1999)
Pt. I. Collective Identity and International Relations Theory. 1. International Relations Without Nations? 2. Social Identities and Social Systems. 3. Identities and Social Orders: International Systems in Modern History -- Pt. II. Territorial-Sovereign Identity. 4. Raison d'Etat and Territorial Sovereignty: Mercantilist Absolutism and Eighteenth-Century Imperialism. 5. Territorial-Sovereign Identity and the Seven Years' War -- Pt. III. National-Sovereign Identity. 6. The Emergence of National-Sovereign Identity: Revolutionary Nationalism and Reaction. 7. Use and Misuse of the Principle of Nationality: The Demise of the Second Empire and the Birth of the Second Reich. 8. National Sovereignty and the New Imperialism: The Global Transmission of Bourgeois-National Identity and Culture. 9. "Over-the-Top" and "Over There": Status Contests Among National-Sovereigns -- Pt. IV. Conclusions and Implications. 10. The Helpless Colossus: The Politics of Identity and Hopeful Nondeterminism.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-364) and index.
Keywords: International relations and culture; International relations -- Philosophy