European Union and the Promotion of Democracy - Europe''s Mediterranean and Asian Policies

Zusatztext The author's command of the subject matter, enriched by insights gained from his 'insider' access that flows from time spent working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, combine to produce a detailed and sophisticated analysis. Klappentext This book assesses European Union policies aimed at encouraging democratization in East Asia and the Mediterranean! addressing theoretical debates over the international dimensions of political change and the EU's characteristics as an international actor. The factors driving and inhibiting European democracy promotion policies are explored! and the EU's distinctive "bottom-up" approach to political change is outlined. The book notes an evolution in European policies! while arguing that the EU has failed to develop a fully comprehensive and coherent democracy promotion strategy. Zusammenfassung This title assesses European Union policies aimed at encouraging democratization in East Asia and the Mediterranean. It addresses theoretical debates over the international dimensions of political change and the EU's characteristics as an international actor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Democracy Promotion in the 1990s: Agency, Motives, and Strategy EU Democracy Promotion Instruments: Evolution and Shortcomings The EU and the Mediterranean The EU and Algeria The EU and East Asia The EU and China Conclusion: Conceptualizing the EU as a Promoter of Democracy

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• Authors: Richard Youngs, Richard ( Youngs, Richard (Senior Research Fellow Youngs, Youngs Richard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2002
• EAN: 9780199249794
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924979-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Oxford Studies in Democratizat; Oxford Studies in Democratizat; Oxford Studies in Democratization
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions