Community Under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation

Community Under Anarchy shows how the development of common social identities among political elites can lead to deeper, more cohesive forms of cooperation than what has been previously envisioned by traditional theories of international relations. Drawing from recent advances in social theory and constructivist approaches, Bruce Cronin demonstrates how these cohesive structures evolve from a series of discrete events and processes that help to diminish the conceptual boundaries dividing societies.

Charles A. Kupchan

An important contribution to the evolving literature on the role that identity and community play in international affairs. Cronin helps fill a key gap in the constructivist research agenda by doing the careful empirical work needed to trace how transnational identities and communities take shape.

Bruce Cronin is assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.