{"product_id":"constructing-the-limits-of-europe-9783838216492","title":"Constructing the Limits of Europe: Identity and Foreign Policy in Poland, Bulgaria, and Russia Since 1989","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis comparative study harks back to the revolutionary year of 1989 and asks two critical questions about the resulting reconfiguration of Europe in the aftermath of the collapse of communism: Why did Central and East European states display such divergent outcomes of their socio-political transitions? Why did three of those states--Poland, Bulgaria, and Russia--differ so starkly in terms of the pace and extent of their integration into Europe? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRumena Filipova argues that Poland's, Bulgaria's, and Russia's dominating conceptions of national identity have principally shaped these countries' foreign policy behavior after 1989. Such an explanation of these three nations' diverging degrees of Europeanization stands in contrast to institutionalist-rationalist, interest-based accounts of democratic transition and international integration in post-communist Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe thereby makes a case for the need to include ideational factors into the study of International Relations and demonstrates that identities are not easily malleable and may not be as fluid as often assumed. She proposes a theoretical \"middle-ground\" argument that calls for \"qualified post-positivism\" as an integrated perｬspective that combines positivist and post-positivist orientations in the study of IR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rumena Filipova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3838216490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783838216492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.75w x 1.42d","brand":"Rumena Filipova","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052752990463,"sku":"9783838216492","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ee1f8e9-aa91-4312-a3b0-5c9773387ba2.jpg?v=1685020554","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/constructing-the-limits-of-europe-9783838216492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}