Rainio-Niemi | The Ideological Cold War | Buch | 978-0-415-83672-2 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern History

Rainio-Niemi

The Ideological Cold War

The Politics of Neutrality in Austria and Finland
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-415-83672-2
Verlag: Routledge

The Politics of Neutrality in Austria and Finland

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern History

ISBN: 978-0-415-83672-2
Verlag: Routledge


This book opens new perspectives into the Cold War ideological confrontations. Using Austria and Finland as an example, it shows how the Cold War battles for the hearts and minds of the people also influenced policies in countries that wished to stay outside the conflict.

Following the model of older European neutrals, Austria and Finland sought to combine neutrality with democracy. The combination was eagerly challenged by ideological Cold Warriors on both sides of the divide and questioned at home too. Was neutrality risking the neutrals’ commitment to democracy, or did the commitment to the western type of democracy threaten their commitment to neutrality?

Confronting these doubts grew into an organic part of practicing neutrality in the Cold War world. The neutrals needed to be exceptionally clear regarding the ideological foundations of their neutrality. Successful neutrality required a great deal of conceptual consistence and domestic unanimity. None of this was pre-given in Austria or Finland. However, in the model of Switzerland and Sweden, (armed) neutrality was systematically integrated with the official state ideology and promoted as a part of national identity. Legacies of these policies outlived the end of the Cold War.

Rainio-Niemi The Ideological Cold War jetzt bestellen!

Zielgruppe


Academic and Postgraduate


Autoren/Hrsg.


Weitere Infos & Material


1. Introduction 2. National Traditions in a Comparative Perspective 3. International Reflections 4. Criteria of Neutrality and the Newborn Neutrals 5. The Missing Link 6. Closure and New Challenges 7. Faces of Neutrality in the Cold War World


Johanna Rainio-Niemi is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki. She specializes in contemporary European history with a focus on Austria and Finland, the Cold War, the welfare state and related strategies of domestic consensus-building.



Ihre Fragen, Wünsche oder Anmerkungen
Vorname*
Nachname*
Ihre E-Mail-Adresse*
Kundennr.
Ihre Nachricht*
Lediglich mit * gekennzeichnete Felder sind Pflichtfelder.
Wenn Sie die im Kontaktformular eingegebenen Daten durch Klick auf den nachfolgenden Button übersenden, erklären Sie sich damit einverstanden, dass wir Ihr Angaben für die Beantwortung Ihrer Anfrage verwenden. Selbstverständlich werden Ihre Daten vertraulich behandelt und nicht an Dritte weitergegeben. Sie können der Verwendung Ihrer Daten jederzeit widersprechen. Das Datenhandling bei Sack Fachmedien erklären wir Ihnen in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.