As the ice around the Arctic landmass recedes progressively further each year, the territory has become a flashpoint in world affairs. New and lucrative trade routes from East to West are now becoming accessible for shipping lanes and military deployment, and the Arctic is known to be home to large
Securing Europe: Western Interventions Towards a New Security Community (Library of European Studies)
β Scribed by Fotios Moustakis, Tracey German
- Publisher
- Tauris Academic Studies
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 224
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book explores the reactions and coping mechanisms displayed in both societies in reaction to Europe's all-pervasive influence. Elites in both societies engaged in defensive modernization, culminating in parallel attempts to mould their nations in line with the western blueprint. The authors examine reforms in the legal regime, the changing nature of family and gender relations, and re-engineered conceptions of space and the built environment. They describe and analyse different aspects of the changes in the two societies over this period as they defined their practices and identities against Europe, and often against each other
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