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Wichmann

Rule of Law Promotion in the European Neighbourhood Policy

Normative or Strategic Power Europe?
Nomos,  2010, 243 Pages, E-Book

ISBN 978-3-8452-2733-7

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englischThe study analyses the interplay of normative and strategic aspects in the European Neighbourhood Policy. The book argues that the EU’s Rule of Law promotion policy in four neighbouring countries – Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia and Ukraine – is best explained by combining institutional, ideational, interdependence and third-country related factors. The study brings abstract concepts from the EU foreign policy literature, such as normative power or composite policy, into the realm of empirical research. In substantive terms, the study investigates the EU’s Rule of Law policy making and the adopted policy outputs in four issue areas: counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, anti-corruption and judicial reform. The comparative analysis of the case studies calls into question the common assumption that the EU’s institutional features pre-dispose it to act as a normative power in international relations. It is rather shown that third country related factors need to feature prominently in future explanatory frameworks. With respect to the debate on the nature of the EU’s power, the study concludes that hybrid projections prevail.

»significant contribution to the study of the EU Foreign Policy... the empirical case studies exhibit state-of-the-art material, and provide an excellent analysis of the policy areas. This book provides an excellent read for many scholars of European integration... can only be highly recommended.«
Prof. Dr. Christian Kaunert, Journal of European Integration 2013, 191-192

»Targeting mainly political scientists, the book could serve as a background information to other disciplines.«
CML Rev. April 2012