| ID | 108186 |
| Title Proper | Racialized peace? how Britain and the US made their relationship special |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Vucetic, Srdjan |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The extensive literature on the Anglo-American "special relationship" revolves around an observation that Britain and the US tend to cooperate more closely than any other comparable pair of states. I argue that this cooperation pattern originates in the construction of a "racialized peace" between the American and British empires at the fin-de-siècle. My argument builds on constructivist theorizations of the links among state/national identity, foreign policy, and international conflict/cooperation. Beginning with a discourse analysis of representative texts from the period leading up to the Venezuela crisis of 1895-96, I show how American and British elites succeeded in framing themselves as the vanguards of civilization and how the idea that two Anglo-Saxon entities could not fight each other in a global political system defined by race had significant consequences in world politics. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Policy Analysis Vol. 7, No. 4; Oct 2011: p.403-422 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Policy Analysis Vol. 7, No. 4; Oct 2011: p.403-422 |
| Key Words | Anglo - American Relationship ; Britain ; Venezuela Crisis - 1895-96 ; International Conflict ; World Politics ; United States |