Overview

Geir Hønneland discusses some of the big questions in social science: What is identity? What is the role of identity and narrative in the study of international relations? The location is the Kola Peninsula, the most heavily militarized area of the world during the Cold War, now set to become Europe's next big oil playground.

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'What a great snapshot of everyday identity in a Russian province! Local knowledge has arrived in International Relations' Iver B. Neumann, Professor of Russian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and author of Uses of the Other: 'the East' in European Identity Formation

'What a great snapshot of everyday identity in a Russian province! Local knowledge has arrived in International Relations' -- Iver B. Neumann, Professorof Russian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and author of Uses of the Other: 'the East' in European Identity Formation 'The book treats one of the hottest and coolest issues in IR, the question of identity, in a well-informed, earnest, lively, humorous and entertaining manner. It solves the big issues ' and yet makes pertinent observations on what it means to be a Russian, a Notherner, and most interesting, a Borderlander.' -- Sergei Medvedev, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia 'This book is very worth reading, because it gives a good insight into the way of thinking of the Kola Peninsula's ordinary population and, moreover, in a very easily understandable way.' -- Polar Record 'Borderland Russians is a good read, and its added value stretches from the local level to the bigger questions dealing with identity-formation and everyday narratives.' -- The Russian Review 'This highly readable and engaging work sheds new light on the region of Russia above the Arctic Circle, a neglected area of work in Russian politics, geography, and area studies... The work contributes to debates in international relations about how identities are assigned, how they evolve, and how they are made.' - CHOICE 'Honneland introduces very interesting, big themes for the wide public.' - Nordisk A stforum - Nordic Journal of Russian and East European Affairs

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GEIR HØNNELAND is Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Tromsø, Norway. He has published widely on Russian environmental politics and international relations in the European North.

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