Nordic Peace in Question: A Region of and for Peace [Hardcover]

1. Nordic Peace Revisited??PART 1: A Region?of?Peace??2. Nordic Peace: Identity, Brand, Branding??3. From Peace on the Scandinavian Peninsula to Nordic Peace: Geopolitical Rhetoric and Pan-Scandinavian Reconciliation??4. The Scandinavist Origins of Nordic Peace: Fredrik Bajer and the Peaceful Afterlife of a 19th Century Pan-Ideology??5. The Lutheran Heritage and Political Developments in the Nordic Community??6. Nordic Peace since the End of History: Exceptionality without Distinction??Part 2: A Region?for?Peace??7. Normative Interventionism: Nordic Policies and Practices on Women, Peace and Security Agenda??8. The Birth of Nordic Peacekeeping: Can It Withstand Closer Scrutiny???9. Humanitarian Action: Does the Nordic Model Make a Difference???10. In practice, it just happens: How the Nordics work together within peace and conflict resolution??11. Branding Peace: Norway's Campaign for a UN Security Council Seat

This book explores historically and theoretically Nordic peace as a marker of identification, ontological (in)security and regional branding. It emphasizes how conceptions of Nordic peace have been translated into policy practices and how it has maintained its relevance over time.

Christopher S. Browning is Reader of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

Marko Lehti is Research Director and Senior Research Fellow at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and Academic Director of the masters program in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (PEACE), both at Tampere University, Finland.

Johan Strang is Professor at the Centre for Nordic Studies (CENS), University of Helsinki, Finland.

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