Gaps in EU Foreign Policy

The Role of Concepts in European Studies

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, International, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Henrik Larsen ISBN: 9781349951666
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: March 15, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Henrik Larsen
ISBN: 9781349951666
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: March 15, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book argues that theories of European foreign policy are performative: they create the objects they analyse. In this text, Larsen outlines the performativity approach to the role of theories based on the work of Derrida and goes on to examine the performative role of Christopher Hill's concept of Capability-Expectations Gap in the study of European foreign policy. Through examples from relevant literature, Larsen not only demonstrates how this concept sets up standards for the EU as a foreign policy actor (that are not met by most other international actors) but also shows how this curtails analysis of EU foreign policy. The author goes on to discuss how the widespread use of the concept of ‘gap' affects the way in which EU foreign policy has been studied; and that it always produces the same result: the EU is an unfulfilled actor outside the realm of “normal” actors in IR. This volume offers new perspectives on  European foreign policy research and advice and serves as an invaluable resource for students of EU foreign policy and, more broadly, European Studies.

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This book argues that theories of European foreign policy are performative: they create the objects they analyse. In this text, Larsen outlines the performativity approach to the role of theories based on the work of Derrida and goes on to examine the performative role of Christopher Hill's concept of Capability-Expectations Gap in the study of European foreign policy. Through examples from relevant literature, Larsen not only demonstrates how this concept sets up standards for the EU as a foreign policy actor (that are not met by most other international actors) but also shows how this curtails analysis of EU foreign policy. The author goes on to discuss how the widespread use of the concept of ‘gap' affects the way in which EU foreign policy has been studied; and that it always produces the same result: the EU is an unfulfilled actor outside the realm of “normal” actors in IR. This volume offers new perspectives on  European foreign policy research and advice and serves as an invaluable resource for students of EU foreign policy and, more broadly, European Studies.

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