Global Rage After the Cold War [Hardcover]

This book argues that the status deficiency that results from the loss of a nation's favoured position in one hierarchy promotes a need among citizens to search for alternative means of delineating their country's status. This book sheds light on the intersection of identity construction, perceptions of others and violence.Introduction: World Opinion on September 11: If the World Doesn't Hate Us, Why Would Someone Do This? The Cold War World Turned Upside Down How We Come to be Who We Are: Constructing Identity Around the World Fences Make Good Neighbors: Who is 'German' Without the Wall? China's Two Faces: The Contradiction of Chinese 'Uniqueness' The Indian/Pakistani Nuclear Tests: Brinksmanship Without a Cause The War at Home: Identity Versus Values Conclusions: Addressing the Real Problem, 'Draining the Swamp of Despair'

'In this ambitious book, Frank Rusciano brings his unique expertise on

world opinion to bear on the critical issues of national identity and the

supposed war of civilizations - with thought-provoking and sobering

results.'

- Christopher Hill, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge

FRANK LOUIS RUSCIANO is Professor of Political Science, Rider University, USA. He is the author of World Opinion and the Emerging International Order (Westport: Praeger Publishers) and Isolation and Paradox: Defining 'the Public' in Modern Political Analysis (Westport: Greenwood Press).