The External Action of the European Union
eBook - PDF

The External Action of the European Union

Concepts, Approaches, Theories

  1. 347 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The External Action of the European Union

Concepts, Approaches, Theories

About this book

This groundbreaking new textbook offers extensive coverage of EU External Action studies, from its major concepts to the key theories in the field. Over the past decades, the European Union has progressively developed into a significant global actor in an increasing number of policy fields. This long-awaited volume looks into different ways of conceptualizing the EU as a global actor, the processes and impact of EU external action, explanations offered by IR and integration theories, the discursive, normative, practice and gender 'turns', and the 'decentring agenda' for EU external action. The book offers a reader-friendly guidance on these various ways in which to study the EU as a global actor: each chapter introduces one concept, approach or theory and illustrates its application by a case study of EU external action. In drawing the different perspectives together, the book underscores that 'EU External Action Studies' is becoming an academic speciality in its own right. Written by leading experts, the volume will make essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners of EU external action. EU External Action Studies nowadays attract attention from scholars and students in International Relations (IR), Foreign Policy Analysis and (interdisciplinary) EU Studies, as well as from practitioners.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. List of Tables and Boxes
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Notes on Contributors
  9. Introduction: EU External Action and Tools to Study It
  10. 1. The History of European Union External Action and Its Study
  11. Part I – Conceptualizing the Eu as a Global Actor
  12. Part II – Analyzing Processes and Impact of EU External Action
  13. Part III – Explaining EU External Action with ir and Integration Theories
  14. Part IV – Turns in the Social Sciences and their Repercussions for the Study of EU External Action
  15. Part V – Decentring EU External Action: Overcoming EU-Centrism with Outside Perspectives
  16. Index