The European Union in Global Politics: Normative power and longitudinal interpretation
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The European Union in Global Politics : Normative power and longitudinal interpretation. / Manners, Ian James.
Research Methods in European Union Studies. ed. / Kennet Lynggaard; Ian Manners; Karl Löfgren. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. p. 221-236 (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The European Union in Global Politics
T2 - Normative power and longitudinal interpretation
AU - Manners, Ian James
PY - 2015/7
Y1 - 2015/7
N2 - How does the presence of an international institution, the European Union (EU), shape the norms and normality, policies and polities of its political environment? This research theme raises questions about both the influence and subjects of the EU – ontologically, epistemologically and methodologically. In terms of influence, the question is how does the EU shape its political environment – what is the form of power or influence that the EU exercises? In terms of subjects, the question is who does the EU shape in its political environment – member states and their societies; non-member states and their societies; or non-states and transnational civil societies?Researching the EU’s influence on its political environment presents the researcher with a number of analytical challenges. First, the EU is a hybrid polity reflecting the contrasting demands of national, supranational and transnational actors and processes. Second, the EU is not just one actor and must be disaggregated into competing institutions, councils, directorates, states and parties. Third, the EU is not the only actor in the European and global political environments – it competes with a multitude of other global, regional, state and transnational actors. Finally, the EU is itself constituted through its actions and the structures it contributes to – it is neither pre-political nor apolitical.
AB - How does the presence of an international institution, the European Union (EU), shape the norms and normality, policies and polities of its political environment? This research theme raises questions about both the influence and subjects of the EU – ontologically, epistemologically and methodologically. In terms of influence, the question is how does the EU shape its political environment – what is the form of power or influence that the EU exercises? In terms of subjects, the question is who does the EU shape in its political environment – member states and their societies; non-member states and their societies; or non-states and transnational civil societies?Researching the EU’s influence on its political environment presents the researcher with a number of analytical challenges. First, the EU is a hybrid polity reflecting the contrasting demands of national, supranational and transnational actors and processes. Second, the EU is not just one actor and must be disaggregated into competing institutions, councils, directorates, states and parties. Third, the EU is not the only actor in the European and global political environments – it competes with a multitude of other global, regional, state and transnational actors. Finally, the EU is itself constituted through its actions and the structures it contributes to – it is neither pre-political nor apolitical.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - European Union
KW - global politics
KW - normative power
KW - longitudinal interpretation
UR - https://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/research-methods-in-european-union-studies-kennet-lynggaard/?sf1=barcode&st1=9780230363052
U2 - 10.1057/9781137316967
DO - 10.1057/9781137316967
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780230363052
T3 - Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
SP - 221
EP - 236
BT - Research Methods in European Union Studies
A2 - Lynggaard, Kennet
A2 - Manners, Ian
A2 - Löfgren, Karl
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Basingstoke
ER -
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