Rawi Abdelal is Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Abdelal provides... a subtle and lucid discussion of contending
theories (realism, liberalism, and institutionalism on the one
side, national identity on the other).... He ends by skillfully
comparing his three core examples with other end-of-empire episodes
in nineteenth-century Europe and postwar Asia and Africa.
*Foreign Affairs*
Abdelal's nationalist perspective gives an exciting and important
new twist to constructivist theory that deserves to be further
explored and expanded. I highly recommend it to international
relations scholars, comparativists, and policymakers alike.
*Perspectives on Politics*
An excellent example of bringing constructivist theory more fully
into political economy.
*New Political Economy*
In addition to producing the most compelling available account of
the origins of the post-Soviet states' foreign economic policies,
Abdelal rescues the study of national identity from realism,
develops a coherent and falsifiable constructivist theory of
international political economy, and advances our understanding of
the dynamics of postimperial spaces.... National Purpose in the
World Economy is one of the most original and important
contributions to the study of international political economy in
the last decade. It is theoretically compelling, conceptually
elegant, and empirically sound. It should be widely read and
debated by anyone interested in international political economy,
post-Soviet political economy, imperial governance and dissolution,
as well as international relations theory.
*Political Science Quarterly*
The work is based on a wide range of English-language literature
and on interviews for case study chapters on Belarus, Lithuania,
and Ukraine.... The theoretical framework and analytical tools in
this volume will interest political scientists more than
economists. No other recent books have a similar scope and
methodology.
*Choice*
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