论欧盟区域认同的社会建构

The Social Construction of Regional Identity

区域认同的形成是国际关系发展中的一个新现象。当前国际关系学者强调认同的建构性为研究区域认同提供了理论基础,具有重要学术意义。根据欧盟的经验,国际关系理论可以从三个方面研究区域认同的建构:第一,各种行为体之间的跨国互动和交流;第二,国际机制的作用;第三,“我们意识”和相对于他者的建构。强调区域认同的建构性对于区域一体化研究具有重要意义,但同时我们也要注意区域认同建构的条件性。

The formation of regional identities is a new phenomenon in the developments of international relations. Currently, scholars lay emphasis on the constructiveness of identity, which provides a theoretical basis for researches on regional identifies. According to EU experience, IR theory can be applied to the analysis in three aspects： first, transnational interaction and communication among different agents; second, the role of international regime; third, “we awareness” and identity construction in reference to the “others”. While it is important to emphasize the constructiveness of regional identity in regional integration studies, we shall be fully aware that such construction is conditioned rather than vice versa.