1st Edition

Speaking With a Single Voice The EU as an effective actor in global governance?

Edited By Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt, Sophie Meunier Copyright 2015
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Under what conditions does the internal cohesiveness of the European Union determine its external effectiveness on the world stage? This book asks this question, investigating the frequent political assumption that the more cohesive the EU presents itself to the world, the more effective it is in achieving its goals. Contributions to this book explore this theory from a range of perspectives,... Read more

1. Speaking with a single voice: internal cohesiveness and external effectiveness of the EU in global governance

Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt and Sophie Meunier

2. When speaking with a single voice isn’t enough: bargaining power (a)symmetry and EU external effectiveness in global trade governance

Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt

3. Divide and conquer? China and the cacophony of foreign investment rules in the EU

Sophie Meunier

4. EU actorness, cohesiveness and effectiveness in environmental affairs

Tom Delreux

5. One voice, one message, but conflicting goals: cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy

Tanja A. Börzel and Vera van Hüllen

6. The European Union in the United Nations: an effective external actor?

Diana Panke

7. Beyond ‘one voice’? Global Europe’s engagement with its own diversity

Gjovalin Macaj and Kalypso Nicolaïdis

Biography

Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt is Professor of International Politics at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

Sophie Meunier is Research Scholar and Co-Director of the European Union Program at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.