Europe: A Civilian Power?

European Union, Global Governance, World Order

Kenneth A. Loparo, Mario Telò

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN: 9781403949219
• eBook ISBN: 9780230514034
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: European Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

What is the European Union international role and identity becoming after the cold war, September 11th and the transatlantic rift? Is the second global actor challenging the trends towards a 'pax americana'? EUROPE: A CIVILIAN POWER? provides an original account of the features and the external relations of the EU as a civilian power in the making. It addresses the key questions on the new security threat, world emergencies challenging the EU, not only as a peace and democracy stablizer on a continental scale, but also as an actor which shares responsibility for global governance and world order. MARIO TELO provides a comparative analysis of regional cooperation in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America and focuses on the interregional relations with the EU. He highlights the international relevance of the current EU constitutionalization process and gives a critical review of the concepts of civilian power, soft power, civilizing power, multilateralism, multipolarism, international fragmentation, empire, hegemonic stability and global legitimacy. Analysis of the best literature on international relations and European integration is completed by MARIO's practical experience as an advisor to the EU institutions and a lecturer in Asia and Americas.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Maps
• Maps
• Foreword and Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Civilian Power and International Relations: the EU and Multilateralism from the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century
• 2 States, New Regionalism and Interregional Cooperation in the Globalized World
• 3 The Heart of European Integration: the Socio-economic Model between Convergence and National Diversities
• 4 The Development of the European Union as an International Actor
• 5 The Process of Treaty Reform: the International Dimension
• Index