Essays about: "Common Foreign and Security Policy constructivist approach"

Found 2 essays containing the words Common Foreign and Security Policy constructivist approach.

  1. 1. A Foreign Policy Actor in the Making. Discursive Construction of the EU Self-image and Role(s) (1999-2009)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alime Aysu Müftüoglu; [2011]
    Keywords : European Union; foreign policy; Common Foreign and Security Policy; role theory; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Departing from the question of how the EU self-image and role conception have been constructed in 1999-2009, this study locates the analysis of the EU as a foreign policy (FP) actor within the constructivist framework of role theory combined with a discursive approach. Guided by the central assumption that identity and role conception can be analysed by studying language in the form of discourse, the study particularly aims to address the relationship between the EU’s self-image and role conception in FP and the extent of continuity and change within the EU’s official FP discourse. READ MORE

  2. 2. The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy In the Post-September 11 Era: "The Utility of a Constructivist Approach"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ahmet Mert Kartal; [2006]
    Keywords : The Common Foreign and Security Policy September 11; War in Afghanistan; The Iraq War; Rationalism; Liberal Intergovernmentalism Constructivism; Europeanization Theory; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy has been described as flawed or even non-existing by many critics due to its intergovernmentalist nature. One of the latest incidents illustrating the CFSP's malfunction came about in 2003 after the US decided to engage in a war against Iraq. READ MORE