To Be or Not to Be a Normative Power: The EU’s Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Russia

Daskalova, Ana (2013). To Be or Not to Be a Normative Power: The EU’s Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Russia. Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Papers. United Nations University and College of Europe.

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  • Author Daskalova, Ana
    Editor Abass, Ademola
    Gstöhl, Sieglinde
    Keukeleire, Stephan
    Kingah, Stephen
    Lannon, Erwan
    Van Langenhove, Luk
    Title To Be or Not to Be a Normative Power: The EU’s Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Russia
    Series Title Bruges Regional Integration & Global Governance Papers
    Volume/Issue No. 2
    Publication Date 2013-09-01
    Place of Publication Bruges
    Publisher United Nations University and College of Europe
    Pages XXXVI, 36
    Language En
    Abstract The 'Normative Power Europe' debate has been a leitmotif in the academic discourse for over a decade. Far from being obsolete, the topic is as relevant as when the term was first coined by Ian Manners in 2002.1 'To be or not to be a normative power' is certainly one of the existential dilemmas in the foreign policy of the European Union. This paper, however, intends to move beyond the black-and-white debate on whether the European Union is a normative power and to make it more nuanced by examining the factors that make it such. Contrary to the conventional perception that the European Union is a necessarily 'benign' force in the world, it assumes that it has aspirations to be a viable international actor. Consequently, it pursues different types of foreign policy behaviour with a varying degree of normativity in them. The paper addresses the question of under what conditions the European Union is a 'normative power'. The findings of the study demonstrate that the 'normative power' of the European Union is conditioned upon internal and external elements, engaged in a complex interaction with a decisive role played by the often neglected external elements.
    UNBIS Thesaurus POLITICAL POWER
    WORLD POLITICS
    EUROPEAN FEDERATION
    Copyright Holder The Author
    Copyright Year 2013
    Copyright type All rights reserved
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