Transforming identity in international society: the potential and failure of European integration

Diez, Thomas

doi:10.1057/s41295-019-00170-9

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“…The articles of this special issue approach these issues through three groups of studies. Contributions encompass a broad understanding of the EU's internal and external political identity (Fabbrini 2019;Diez 2019) and then concentrate on specific European institutions in the construction of EU's policy identities in various policy domains-external trade and internal single market through case studies of GMO foods and audiovisual services (Duina and Smith 2019), law (Saurugger and Terpan 2019), monetary policy (Jones 2019), 'social Europe' and labour markets (Menz 2019), immigration (Lavenex 2019) and cultural policies (Thatcher 2019).…”

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“…In some domains, the EU has developed a well-established and consistent identity. The two clearest examples are external trade and external borders, where the EU has developed a clear identity (Duina andSmith 2019 andDiez 2019). In others, there are several distinct and well-formed EU identities-the clearest example is the constitutional nature of the EU between a supranational approach and intergovernmental approaches, and in immigration and asylum policy among three identities (statist, normative power and market) (Fabbrini 2019 andLavenex 2019).…”

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“…Thus, for instance, Francesco Duina and Zeke Smith (Duina and Smith 2019) show the contrasts between the Commission's capacity to find common values and a public discourse in international negotiations concerning food and GMOs and its ability to do in the internal market on communications. Using a constructivist approach, Thomas Diez (Diez 2019) argues that setting borders is constitutive of identity, as apparently economic or technical matters such as customs rules establish an identity of being 'within the EU' or outside of it. The authors point to several processes and factors that can apply strongly in external domains.…”

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Constructing the EU’s political identity in policy making

Saurugger

Thatcher

2019

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Questions of identity have returned to the centre of political debates in Europe. A key issue is that while the EU has greatly expanded its powers in key policy domains that traditionally have been the preserve of nation states, its political identity remains weak. The special issue examines the construction of the EU's political identity (or identities), variations in its strength and the nature of its content. Drawing on studies both on European nation-state formation and on the EU's identity, we take a topdown approach and analyse how EU institutions in different major policy domains have themselves sought to create political identity through policy making. We define the construction of EU political identity and set out empirically applicable indicators to assess political identity in policy making. We analyse the construction of identity through a process-oriented approach that explicitly includes contestation and the existence of rival political identities. Comparing across policy domains, we suggest that the ability of EU institutions to construct an EU political identity has been limited not only by existing national identities but also by the coexistence of rival EU political identities within policy domains. Hence, it has been difficult for EU institutions to establish a strong identity, with identity being strongest where there are clear external alternatives and limited rival identities within the EU.

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Constructing the EU’s political identity in policy making

Saurugger

Thatcher

2019

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“…An alternative order, therefore, needed to overcome the nation-state model. Regional integration was to do this trick through a combination of David Mitrany's functionalism and a sense of regional community (Mitrany, 1966(Mitrany, [1943; see Diez, 2019). In relation to the discussion of the EU as a global actor, this meant that the underpinning idea of integration ran counter to the organisation of international politics in nation-states.…”

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The Eu in a Changing World Order: In Defence of Normative Power 2.0

DİEZ¹

2021

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This paper discusses the role of the European Union (EU) as a normative power in a pluralising international society after the demise of the "liberal moment" in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War. It suggests that the traditional understanding of normative power (NPE 1.0) was normatively problematic as it was infused with othering practices and led to the neglect of the EU's own shortcomings. Thus, the demise of NPE 1.0 may be seen as an opportunity to re-articulate normative power rather than abandon it. The paper attempts such a re-articulation building on elements in the EU's own official narrative, including Commission President von der Leyen's "geopolitical Commission" and the concept of "principled pragmatism" in the EU Global Strategy. It is premised on the assumption that although the von der Leyen Commission seems to have taken a realist turn, such a turn continues to be contested and open to alternatives.

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Stuck in the Middle: Constructing Maturity and Restoring Balance in RoC-EU Relations

Petrikkos

2022

The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus

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Transforming identity in international society: the potential and failure of European integration

Cited by 6 publications

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Constructing the EU’s political identity in policy making

Constructing the EU’s political identity in policy making

The Eu in a Changing World Order: In Defence of Normative Power 2.0

Stuck in the Middle: Constructing Maturity and Restoring Balance in RoC-EU Relations

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