Nordisk identitet i förändring 1990 - talets försök till en nyartikulering av den Nordiska identiteten
(2008)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The thesis analyzes the making of Nordic identity after the cold war which brought an end to Nordic exclusiveness of emphasizing ?soft power?. A need for a revitalization combined with an effort to enter History as an active subject, created constructivist project of a narrative style.
My study relies on contemporary literature, focusing mainly on the construction of Nordic identity and regional cooperation in the 1990: s.
I argue that Nordic identity was, and still is, determined of its comparable weakness in regard to the superpowers of the cold war, and, nowadays, to the EU.
The architects of establishing a new Nordic identity, able to challenge a new Europe, fails in their effort, and what is left of their endeavour are separate... (More) - The thesis analyzes the making of Nordic identity after the cold war which brought an end to Nordic exclusiveness of emphasizing ?soft power?. A need for a revitalization combined with an effort to enter History as an active subject, created constructivist project of a narrative style.
My study relies on contemporary literature, focusing mainly on the construction of Nordic identity and regional cooperation in the 1990: s.
I argue that Nordic identity was, and still is, determined of its comparable weakness in regard to the superpowers of the cold war, and, nowadays, to the EU.
The architects of establishing a new Nordic identity, able to challenge a new Europe, fails in their effort, and what is left of their endeavour are separate states, each following their own agenda. (Less)
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- author
- Scott, Jacob
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Identitet, Norden, Konstruktivism, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1315818
- date added to LUP
- 2009-01-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2009-01-28 00:00:00
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