The Social Construction of Swedish Neutrality - Challenges for Swedish Identity and Sovereignty (Electronic book text)

This book examines the conceptualisation of neutrality from the Peloponnesian war to the present. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism, it argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. It argues that Swedish neutrality is an embedded part of Swedish identity, and its domestic sources stem from the ideology and vision of social democracy, and suggests that the norms and values of active neutrality can be reworked to contribute to a more cosmopolitan international order.