The End of a Noble Narrative? European Integration Narratives after the Nobel Peace Prize
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The End of a Noble Narrative? European Integration Narratives after the Nobel Peace Prize. / Manners, Ian James; Murray, Philomena.
In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 54, No. 1, 12, 01.01.2016, p. 185-202.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The End of a Noble Narrative?
T2 - European Integration Narratives after the Nobel Peace Prize
AU - Manners, Ian James
AU - Murray, Philomena
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 to the EU (European Union) came as a surprise. Not only was the eurozone economic crisis undermining both policy effectiveness and public support for the EU, but it was also seriously challenging the EU’s image in global politics. The eurozone crisis, the Nobel Prize and the search for a ‘new narrative for Europe’ demonstrate that the processes of European integration are always narrated as sense-making activities – stories people tell to make sense of their reality. This article argues in favour of a narrative approach to European integration through the construction and application of an analytical framework drawing on different theoretical perspectives. This framework is then applied to six European integration narratives to demonstrate the value of a narrative approach. The article concludes that narrative analysis provides a means ofunderstanding both EU institutional and non-institutional narratives of European integration.
AB - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 to the EU (European Union) came as a surprise. Not only was the eurozone economic crisis undermining both policy effectiveness and public support for the EU, but it was also seriously challenging the EU’s image in global politics. The eurozone crisis, the Nobel Prize and the search for a ‘new narrative for Europe’ demonstrate that the processes of European integration are always narrated as sense-making activities – stories people tell to make sense of their reality. This article argues in favour of a narrative approach to European integration through the construction and application of an analytical framework drawing on different theoretical perspectives. This framework is then applied to six European integration narratives to demonstrate the value of a narrative approach. The article concludes that narrative analysis provides a means ofunderstanding both EU institutional and non-institutional narratives of European integration.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - European Union
KW - European integration
KW - Nobel peace prize
KW - narrative
KW - narrative theory
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.12324/abstract
M3 - Journal article
VL - 54
SP - 185
EP - 202
JO - Journal of Common Market Studies
JF - Journal of Common Market Studies
SN - 0021-9886
IS - 1
M1 - 12
ER -
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