Rethinking European Union foreign policy (Europe in Change) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719060028 ISBN 13: 9780719060021

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book debates the nature of the EU and its international relationships, enabling students of EU foreign policy to review a broad range of theoretical templates from which the EU's foreign policy can be studied.

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About the Authors

Ben Tonra is Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin

Thomas Christiansen is Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht

From the Back Cover

This book reviews a variety of approaches to the study of the European Union's foreign policy. Much analysis of EU foreign policy contains theoretical assumptions about the nature of the EU and its member states, their inter-relationships, the international system in which they operate and the nature of European integration. Such assumptions, when not discussed openly, often curtail debate. This book opens up this field of enquiry so students, observers and analysts of EU foreign policy can review a range of tools and theoretical templates from which the development and the trajectory of the EU's foreign policy can be studied.

Situated at the interface between European studies and international relations, the book outlines how the EU relates to the rest of the world, explaining its effort towards creating a credible, effective and principled foreign, security and defence policy.

From the Inside Flap

This book reviews a variety of approaches to the study of the European Union s foreign policy. Much analysis of EU foreign policy contains theoretical assumptions about the nature of the EU and its member states, their inter-relationships, the international system in which they operate and the nature of European integration. Such assumptions, when not discussed openly, often curtail debate. This book opens up this field of enquiry so students, observers and analysts of EU foreign policy can review a range of tools and theoretical templates from which the development and the trajectory of the EU s foreign policy can be studied.Situated at the interface between European studies and international relations, the book outlines how the EU relates to the rest of the world, explaining its effort towards creating a credible, effective and principled foreign, security and defence policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719060028
• ISBN 13: 9780719060021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Tonra Ben, Christiansen Thomas