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Identity is back. The concept of identity has made a remarkable comeback in the social sciences and humanities. In International Relations (IR), many turned to identity-based analysis when the end of the Cold War disrupted the intellectual dominance of (neo)realism and (neo)liberalism. While it would be inaccurate to say that identity suddenly (re)emerged as a factor in world politics, as an analytical category it has only recently found its way into the conventional lexicon of IR theorists.
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© 2004 Patricia M. Goff and Kevin C. Dunn
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Goff, P.M., Dunn, K.C. (2004). Introduction: In Defense of Identity. In: Goff, P.M., Dunn, K.C. (eds) Identity and Global Politics. Culture and Religion in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980496_1
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