The European Union’s Normative Power in a more Global Era

Manners, Ian

doi:10.5135/eusj.2013.33

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“…This includes the impact norms play which, for the EU, is seen to be high where the project of European integration has relied upon, and continues to utilize, a myth of 'Europeanness' that is at the same time linked to norms around concepts like 'human rights' and 'sustainable development' --that lead to the so--called 'Normative Power Europe' model which emphasises the soft power of the EU (Manners, 2002;2011). There is clearly much cross--fertilisation between the Normative--and Market Power Europe approaches -both in terms of academic theorisation, but also the policy mechanisms involved -that emphasises the role of the EU's market as a means to not only make it a power in global trade, but that also then gives it a bargaining chip by which to engage in other fields of global governance.…”

Section: The Eu As a Unitary Actor In Global Trade Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Power in Global Trade Governance: Is the EU a Unitary Actor, a Tool for Dominance, or a Site of Contestation? GATS and the TTIP Negotiations

Strange

2015

International Journal of Public Administration

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This article considers how the EU plays multiple roles within global trade governance, as: a unitary actor with particular interests to promote; a tool for dominance by powerful interests; and, a site of contestation facilitating civil society mobilisation. As is shown, identifying these overlapping but conceptually distinct roles is key to analysing the role of the EU particularly in times of crisis in global trade governance where new forms of politics are most likely to emerge. This is investigated through considering two cases of politically sensitive trade negotiation in which the EU played, and continues to play, an active role: the GATS 2000 negotiations; and the EU--US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The article contributes to literature not only on the EU, but broader attempts to understand power and actorness within global trade governance. 1Power in global trade governance: Is the EU a unitary actor, tool for dominance, or site of contestation? -GATS and the TTIP

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Section: The Eu As a Unitary Actor In Global Trade Governancementioning

confidence: 99%