2016
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781316710982
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Abstract: Identity is the master variable for many constructivist scholars of international politics. In this comparative study, Richard Ned Lebow shows that states do not have identities any more than people do. Leaders, peoples, and foreign actors seek to impose national identifications consistent with their political projects and psychological needs. These identifications are multiple, fluid and rise in importance as a function of priming and context. Leaders are at least as likely to invoke national identifications … Show more

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“…If so, their theoretical relationship is, however, not sufficiently explored, which I take to be one important implication of Mitzen's critique. That would include, for instance, the question of how these mechanisms relate to the social psychology of identity processes (for different takes, see Kinnvall, 2004Kinnvall, , 2017Lebow, 2016) and of nationalism, mentioned in Agnew's critique.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If so, their theoretical relationship is, however, not sufficiently explored, which I take to be one important implication of Mitzen's critique. That would include, for instance, the question of how these mechanisms relate to the social psychology of identity processes (for different takes, see Kinnvall, 2004Kinnvall, , 2017Lebow, 2016) and of nationalism, mentioned in Agnew's critique.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Kinnvall 2004a, Croft 2012a, 2012b, Chernobrov 2016, as well as of the entire research field on statecraft, security issues, and diplomacy questioning realist, liberal and even constructivist theories of state agency and security (e.g. Mitzen 2006a, 2006b, Steele 2008, Rumelili 2015a, 2015b, Flockhart 2016, others have maintained that claims of ontological security foreclose important spaces of resistance, alterity, and ethical deliberations (Rossdale 2015, Browning 2016 or that research on ontological security conceptualises identity as singular and largely consistent patterns of behaviour (Lebow 2016). In response to such critique we maintain that any focus on ontological securities and insecurities proceeds from a view of identity and identifications as a process of becoming rather than being.…”
Section: Psycho- Socio- Politico-ontological Securitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In studies of international relations, the concept of identity is central to the constructivist paradigm in a similar manner that power is to realism and wealth to liberalism (Lebow, 2016, p. 1). It is considered that a state can possess an identity just as an individual can.…”
Section: Definition Of Conceptsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is considered that a state can possess an identity just as an individual can. A state's identity is based on the descriptions of the state and their people generated by leaders and citizens alike (Lebow, 2016, p. 1). Although sometimes at odds, identities can be used to explain a person's behaviour or a state's policy.…”
Section: Definition Of Conceptsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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