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Informationen zum Autor Amjad Abu El Ezz Banishamsa is a senior political analyst and consultant! and political adviser to the British American Security Information Council. He is a trained journalist and completed his doctorate at the University of Durham. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the policies of the European Union towards the Palestinians! assessing how policies have been formulated and implemented. It considers the position of the EU towards the peace process! examines the EU's aid and democracy promotion activities! and explores the effectiveness of the policies in the Palestinian territories. The book places particular emphasis on how the EU formulates policy! demonstrating that intergovernmental bodies! which make policy! take precedence over supranational bodies! which implement policy! with the result that issues to do with preserving sovereignty and maximising power within the EU play a greater role in determining collective foreign-policy than the ambitions of the EU's institutions. From this! the author argues! follow confusion! complexity and contradiction! and a propensity for policies to fail at the implementation stage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Normative Dimensions of the EU! and National Interests of Member States2. Evolution of EU Collective Foreign Policy-making 3.Main European Initiatives Towards the MENA Region in General and Case Studies in Specific 4.Evolution of the European Policies and Stances:A Historical Perspective5. Normative Dimensions for Aid-giving in Relation to Objectives of EU Economic Aid in General6. Assessment of the EU Democracy Promotion Efforts7. Understanding the Recipients of the EU Policy: Flaws and Reformation Conclusion
