Ordering International Politics: Identity, Crisis and Representational Force / Edition 1

by Janice Bially Mattern

Overview

How do states sustain international order during crises? Drawing on the political philosophy of Lyotard and through an empirical examination of the Anglo-American international order during the 1956 Suez Crisis, Bially Mattern demonstrates that states can (and do) use representational force—a forceful but non-physical form of power exercised through language—to stabilize international identity and in turn international order.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415948975
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/24/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Toward an identity turn? Theorizing Identity Forcing Order during The Suez Crisis Theoretical Twists, Historical Revisions, and Practical Cautions SECTION I 1. Sources of Order What is International Order? Sources and Factors Identity Order in Crisis 2. The Suez Puzzle Recognizing We-ness The Special Relationship The Suez Crisis (Not) Understanding Nonviolence 3. Forcing Order Language-Power Representational Force Bargaining and Arguing Terror and Exile Agency, Rationality, and the Uses of Tolerance SECTION II 4. Demagnetization Nasser's Unsettling Before Force Using Force After Force 5. Dissolution Narrating American Betrayal Narrating British Bellicosity Identity Dissolved 6. Re-Production The East/West and Lion/Eagle Problem The American Campaign The British Campaign The Fastened We Conclusion: Re-Turn to Identity In Theory In History In Practice Turn to Ethics

Editorial Reviews

"Janice Bially Mattern's impressive first book comes with all barrels loaded... An important addition to the literature." —Perspectives on Politics

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