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Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study.
This thesis aims to analyse the effect of hydrocarbons on Russian foreign policy in the post-communist period. In doing so it employs a constructivist meta-theory (actorstructure framework) and Susan Strange's approach to international political economy (IPE). The role of hydrocarbons in both the in...
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| description | This thesis aims to analyse the effect of hydrocarbons on Russian foreign policy in the post-communist period. In doing so it employs a constructivist meta-theory (actorstructure framework) and Susan Strange's approach to international political economy (IPE). The role of hydrocarbons in both the international political economy and Russia's domestic political economy is analysed. Thereafter a historical narrative outlining the affect of hydrocarbons on foreign policy from 1991-2008 is offered. There is also a brief focus on the role of Gazprom in Russian foreign policy. It is found that hydrocarbons affected Russian foreign policy through the impact they had on the state's ability to control the domestic political economy (which was diminished in the 1991-1999 period, but strengthened as international oil prices rose thereafter). Hydrocarbons, though a source of power, are also found to tie the Russian state to the interdependent international political economy of the globalised era. The analysis finds that the case supports the constructivist emphasis on the importance of understanding domestic issues when addressing the foreign policies of states. It also finds that the approaches used, Wendt's constructivism and Strange's IPE theory, work well in conjunction to illuminate foreign policy issues. A criticism of Strange's approach, however, is highlighted. She fails to give adequate attention to matters of geography in her model. This, it is argued, would be a fruitful endeavour for future IPE analysis, especially if addressed through the case of hydrocarbons in the IPE. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3784 Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. Jeffery, Jared Politics, Philosophy and Economics This thesis aims to analyse the effect of hydrocarbons on Russian foreign policy in the post-communist period. In doing so it employs a constructivist meta-theory (actorstructure framework) and Susan Strange's approach to international political economy (IPE). The role of hydrocarbons in both the international political economy and Russia's domestic political economy is analysed. Thereafter a historical narrative outlining the affect of hydrocarbons on foreign policy from 1991-2008 is offered. There is also a brief focus on the role of Gazprom in Russian foreign policy. It is found that hydrocarbons affected Russian foreign policy through the impact they had on the state's ability to control the domestic political economy (which was diminished in the 1991-1999 period, but strengthened as international oil prices rose thereafter). Hydrocarbons, though a source of power, are also found to tie the Russian state to the interdependent international political economy of the globalised era. The analysis finds that the case supports the constructivist emphasis on the importance of understanding domestic issues when addressing the foreign policies of states. It also finds that the approaches used, Wendt's constructivism and Strange's IPE theory, work well in conjunction to illuminate foreign policy issues. A criticism of Strange's approach, however, is highlighted. She fails to give adequate attention to matters of geography in her model. This, it is argued, would be a fruitful endeavour for future IPE analysis, especially if addressed through the case of hydrocarbons in the IPE. 2014-07-30T03:52:02Z 2014-07-30T03:52:02Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3784 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Politics, Philosophy and Economics Jeffery, Jared Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. |
| title_full | Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. |
| title_fullStr | Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. |
| title_short | Hydrocarbons and Russian foreign policy in the post-communist era (1991-2008): A case study. |
| title_sort | hydrocarbons and russian foreign policy in the post communist era 1991 2008 a case study |
| topic | Politics, Philosophy and Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3784 |
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