Forging the World
Strategic Narratives and International Relations
Ben O'Loughlin author Alister Miskimmon author Laura Roselle author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
Published:23rd Jan '18
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Forging the World brings together leading scholars in International Relations (IR) and Communication Studies to investigate how, when, and why strategic narratives shape the structure, politics, and policies of the global system. Put simply, strategic narratives are tools that political actors employ to promote their interests, values, and aspirations for the international order by managing expectations and altering the discursive environment. These narratives define “who we are” and “what kind of world order we want.”
“In this fascinating volume, Miskimmon, O’Loughlin and Roselle deploy their dynamic referent of strategic narratives more broadly than ever before. From methods, to ethics, to a flurry of rich empirical areas like political economy, international organizations, nationalism, great power identity, the erudite and dynamic contributions delineate the functions, promises, and limits of strategic narratives all around us. The book also serves as a manual to politically engage a world where strategic narratives continue to play such an important role. The writing, analysis, methods, illustrations and most of all the implications of the arguments advanced in this book make Forging the World required reading for scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities.”
—Brent J. Steele, University of Utah
ISBN: 9780472037049
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352 pages