Description
Product ID: | 9780415847513 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Democratization Special Issues |
Title: | The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean |
Authors: | Author: Michelle Pace, Peter Seeberg |
Page Count: | 228 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Social & political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Warfare & defence, Europe |
Description: | The book discusses the attempts by the EU at encouraging democracy in the Mediterranean region, but rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, this collection of articles inverts the focus and attempts to look at them ‘inside-out’. This book was published as a special issue of Democratizations. Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy of the European Union (EU). Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, and on the degree to which these relations are affected by EU efforts at promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law (an outside-in approach), this collection of articles inverts the focus of such relationships and attempts to look at them ‘inside-out’. While some contributions also emphasise the ‘outside-in’ axis, given that this continues to be analytically rewarding, the overarching thrust of this book is to provide some empirical substance for the claim that EU policy making is not unidirectional and is influenced by the perceptions and actions of its ‘targets’. Thus, the focus is on domestic political changes on the ground in the MENA and how they link into what the EU is attempting to achieve in the region. Finally, the self-representation of the EU and its (lack of a) clear regional role is discussed. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-12-12 |