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Identifying threats and threatening identities : the social construction of realism and liberalism

Using a variety of social scientific methods of investigation ranging from laboratory experiments and public opinion surveys to computer simulations and case studies, Rousseau untangles the complex relationship between social identity and threat perception between states.
Print Book, English, 2006
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 2006
267 pages, [16] pages de planches : illustrations en couleur
9780804754156, 0804754152
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Introduction : identities and threats
Identities and threats in realism and liberalism
The constructivist challenge
Bridging levels : the construction of threat model
Individual level : experimental analyses of identity construction
State and international levels : a simulation of the diffusion of identity
Identity and threat perception : a cross-national case study of the rise of China
Conclusions