Explaining the European Union's Foreign Policy

A Practice Theory of Translocal Action
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-42230-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

The European Union was created for the purpose of encouraging peace on the continent, but today is increasingly active globally in areas such as diplomacy, development, humanitarian and consular aid, and civilian and military crisis management. Yet we know little about the forces that drive the Union to interact, influence and intervene outside its borders. This book offers a new theoretical perspective that explains how EU collective action is driven by practice, such as diplomatic routines and crisis management procedures. Using global case studies, Ekengren shows how the EU's representatives perform these routines, or transnational practices, across particular 'locales' around the globe, from Kosovo to Haiti. By connecting transnational and local forces in the explanation of EU foreign policy action, he presents an outline of a practice theory of translocal action. Scholars, policymakers and journalists will find this theoretically ground breaking book essential in understanding the European Union's foreign policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ekengren, Magnus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Resozialisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Explaining EU foreign policy action: turning to practice; 2. Outline of a theory of translocal EU foreign policy action; 3. The EU's translocal actions in Kosovo 1999; 4. The EU's translocal actions in the Haitian disaster 2010; 5. Toward a theory of the translocal recognition cycle; Appendix I: my research practice over time; Appendix II: list of interviewees; Appendix III: interview guidelines for Haiti study.

Über Autor(innen)

Ekengren, Magnus
Magnus Ekengren is Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Belgium. He is a former Swedish diplomat and was previously Deputy Director at the Policy Planning Unit of the Swedish Foreign Ministry. His publications include The Politics of Security Sector Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for the Eropean Union's Global Role, co-edited with G. Simons (2011), and The European Union as Crisis Manager: Patterns and Prospects, with A. Boin and M. Rhinard (Cambridge, 2013).