عنوان

German Defense and Security Policy-an Ontological Perspective

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TLpq2241617912

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

German Defense and Security Policy-an Ontological Perspective

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ellison, Davis Hunter

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Moroff, Holger

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

51

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Body granting the degree

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Text preceding or following the note

2019

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This thesis explains changing rhetorical justifications for German defense and security policy via an ontological security lens. It explores the roles that contested identity narratives play in shaping the public aspects of German policy by examining the cases of ongoing defense budget debates and the interventions/troop deployments in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and the NATO presence in the Baltic states. Through these cases, it is demonstrated that policy is often justified not through appeals to the national interest or commitment to liberal values, but rather through appeals to historical memory and a German responsibility to a variety of interchangeable sub-narratives. As crises arise, various German governments activate and deactivate certain sub-narratives in order to present their response to the crisis in a way that is consistent with the German sense of self, thus demonstrating attempts to maintain ontological security. It also shown that these sub-narratives often come into conflict.

European Studies

International Relations

Political science

Ellison, Davis Hunter

Moroff, Holger

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[Thesis]

276903

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