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The European Union (EU) is a key partner for African regional
organizations and a major promoter of economic and political
integration in the region. Several studies have interpreted the
EU's role in Africa as either a self-interested hegemonic actor or
as a value oriented normative power. In this volume, Daniela
Sicurelli challenges these views by taking a closer look at
Europe's policies towards Sub-Saharan Africa in the area of
peacekeeping, trade and development, and environmental protection.
Using fresh empirical evidence, including interviews with both
European and African officials, she argues that the EU is far from
becoming a unitary player in Africa. Lacking a clear strategy and
coherent normative framework, the EU should be considered a
multi-level actor, where national and supranational institutions
have different interests and push forward contrasting views of what
role Europe should play in Africa. The ability of single
institutions to frame an issue as requiring either
intergovernmental or supranational procedures appears crucial for
shaping the content of European Africa policies. An original
contribution to the growing literature on the EU as an
international actor, this book is extremely useful to scholars,
researchers and policy-makers demanding critical work in the field
of EU-Africa policy.
This book critically engages with a long tradition of scholarly
work that conceives of the European Union as a peculiar
international actor that pursues a value-based, normatively
oriented and development-friendly agenda in its relations with
international partners. The EU is a pivotal player in international
trade relations, holding formidable power in trade but also
exercising substantial power through trade. Trade policy therefore
represents a strategic field for the EU to shape its image as a
healthy economy and a global power. In this field, the EU has
declared a twofold ambitious goal, namely that of fostering
economic growth in Europe while, at the same time, promoting
development and growth abroad, both in developed and developing
countries. In other words, the EU aims to increase its
competitiveness in world trade while acting as an ethical and
normative power. Here, Poletti and Sicurelli explore the tension
between these two roles.
This book critically engages with a long tradition of scholarly
work that conceives of the European Union as a peculiar
international actor that pursues a value-based, normatively
oriented and development-friendly agenda in its relations with
international partners. The EU is a pivotal player in international
trade relations, holding formidable power in trade but also
exercising substantial power through trade. Trade policy therefore
represents a strategic field for the EU to shape its image as a
healthy economy and a global power. In this field, the EU has
declared a twofold ambitious goal, namely that of fostering
economic growth in Europe while, at the same time, promoting
development and growth abroad, both in developed and developing
countries. In other words, the EU aims to increase its
competitiveness in world trade while acting as an ethical and
normative power. Here, Poletti and Sicurelli explore the tension
between these two roles.
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