TY - BOOK ID - 78142375 TI - Global citizen and European Republic : Irish foreign policy in transition PY - 2006 SN - 178170161X 1847792359 9781847792358 9780719056079 0719056071 PB - Manchester : Manchester University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ireland KW - Foreign relations. KW - National characteristics, Irish. KW - Political culture KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. KW - Culture KW - Political science KW - Irish national characteristics KW - Iraq War. KW - Irish foreign policy. KW - Irish national identity. KW - geo-strategic interests. KW - identity changes. KW - individual interests. KW - international relations. KW - neutrality. KW - political interests. KW - self-definition. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78142375 AB - This book, available in paperback for the first time, offers a new and innovative way of looking at Irish foreign policy, linking its development with changes in Irish national identity. Many debates within contemporary International Relations focus on the relative benefits of taking a traditional interest-based approach to the study of foreign policy as opposed to the more recently developed identity-based approach. Uniquely, this book takes the latter and, instead of looking at Irish foreign policy through the lens of individual, geo-strategic or political interest, it is linked to deeper id. ER -