Normative Power is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Empirical Assessment of Perceptions of EU Identity at the WTO
De Zutter, Elisabeth and Toro, Francisco (2008). Normative Power is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Empirical Assessment of Perceptions of EU Identity at the WTO. UNU-MERIT.
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Toro, FranciscoTitle Normative Power is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Empirical Assessment of Perceptions of EU Identity at the WTO Publication Date 2008 Place of Publication Maastricht, NL Publisher UNU-MERIT Pages 24 Abstract The concept "normative power" is developed to grasp the EU’s identity, role and concomittant practice in world politics. The EU’s ability to “define the normal in world politics” depends on others’ perceptions of it and its external practice. Normative power requires that non-EU states perceive the EU as embodying the norms it espouses, to perceive those norms as attractive for emulation, and to perceive EU action to be norm-driven (as opposed to interest-driven), and based on universally valid norms. To assess non-EU state elites’ perceptions of EU identity, we conduct a series of interviews with WTO negotiators and former negotiators with experience of negotiating with the EU. We find that, while third country elites do perceive the EU as embodying the norms central to its identity and, to some extent, see those norms as attractive for emulation, they do not perceive EU action as distinct and predominantly norm-driven or based on universal norms. Our research qualifies the understanding of the EU as normative power. Keyword Normative power
NPEU
EU identity
WTO
Trade policy making
Perceptions of the EUJEL F13 Copyright Holder UNU-MERIT Copyright Year 2008 Copyright type All rights reserved ISSN 18719872 -
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