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Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2007

Pages: 1-21

Series: Language and Globalization

ISBN (Hardback): 9781349354887

Full citation:

Richard Mole, "Discursive identities/identity discourses and political power", in: Discursive constructions of identity in European politics, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Abstract

The conduct of European politics has undergone a major shift since the end of the Cold War. The end of the nuclear stand-off between the superpowers has prompted increased integration, institutionalisation and the reconceptualisation of security, all encapsulated in the enlargement of NATO and the European Union. Freed from the constraint of the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union, European states have become more vocal in defining their national interest as much in terms of identity and culture as in terms of sovereignty and territorial integrity. As we saw in the run-up to the French and Dutch referenda on the EU Constitution, these developments have in turn provoked much debate on the relationship between Europe and the nation-state and on the potential emergence of an incipient European identity.

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2007

Pages: 1-21

Series: Language and Globalization

ISBN (Hardback): 9781349354887

Full citation:

Richard Mole, "Discursive identities/identity discourses and political power", in: Discursive constructions of identity in European politics, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007