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Civilian or Military Power?: European Foreign Policy in Perspective book cover

1st Edition

Civilian or Military Power? European Foreign Policy in Perspective

Edited By Helene Sjursen Copyright 2007
174 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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This text critically examines the belief that the EU not only has an impact on the international system but also a ‘normative’, ‘civilian’ and ‘civilizing’ power. The contributors question whether this assertion fits with the empirical record or is merely based on anecdotal evidence and whether there is a theoretical basis for the expectation of a ‘normative’ or ‘civilizing’ power. Moving the... Read more

1 What kind of power? Helene Sjursen. 2 Normative power Europe reconsidered: beyond the crossroads. Ian Manners. 3 The democratic control of military power Europe. Wolfgang Wagner. 4 ‘Normative’ power Europe: a realist critique. Adrian Hyde-Price. 5 The EU as a ‘normative’ power: how can this be? Helene Sjursen. 6 The EU – a cosmopolitan polity? Erik Oddvar Eriksen. 7 Anchoring Europe’s civilizing identity: habits, capabilities and ontological security. Jennifer Mitzen. 8 ‘Our size fits all’ normative power Europe and the Mediterranean. Federica Bicchi. 9 Normative by nature? The role of coherence in justifying the EU’s external human rights policy. Marika Lerch and Guido Schwellnus 10 Comment: Crossroads or cul-de-sac? Reassessing European foreign policy. Michael Smith.

Biography

Helene Sjursen is Senior Researcher at Arena – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway. She has written extensively on international relations, in particular on the foreign and security policy of the European Union, and on the question of EU enlargement.

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