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Understanding the European Union's External Relations

By Michèle Knodt , Sebastiaan Princen

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
ISBN
0203391446, 9780415296977, 9780203391969, 9780203391440, 0415296978
LCC
JZ1570 .U53 2003
Open Library ID
OL22525609M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2059818 bytes)
Series
Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
Pages
240\243
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The European Union is one of the world's biggest economies. However, its role as an international actor is ambiguous and it's not always able to transform its political power into effective external policies. The development of an 'assertive' European Union challenges the image of an internal project aimed at economic integration and international relations theories based on unitary state actors. This book systematically links the EU's external relations to existing political theories, showing how existing theories need to be modified in order to deal with specific characteristics of the EU as an international actor.

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