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Are there dedicated academic studies that focus on the emergence and nature of anti-Americanism after the collapse of communist regimes?

Before I design my methodology, I need to see how others have approached this. Are there seminal books or journal special issues that treat this not as a footnote to U.S. foreign policy, but as a central object of study within post-communist political identity formation?

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By Joshna Answered 1 year ago

Certainly. This is a well-defined sub-field. I would point you to seminal works like "Anti-Americanisms in World Politics" edited by Peter Katzenstein and Robert Keohane, which has crucial chapters on post-communist cases. For a deep dive, the monograph "Russian Anti-Americanism: From Stalin to Putin" by Eric Shiraev and Vladislav Zubok is exemplary. These studies argue that post-communist anti-Americanism is often a tool for elites to forge a new national identity by defining it against a powerful "other." It's studied not just as a reaction to policy, but as an enduring structural element of domestic politics in these transitional states.

 

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