Small carrots, few sticks
EU good governance promotion in sub-Saharan Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12240474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanja A Börzel (0000-0002-7313-2181, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author), Christine Hackenesch (0000-0001-7386-9055, German Institute of Development and Sustainability) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 536-555 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Review of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-7571 • E-ISSN: 1474-449X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09557571.2013.807424 |
| OpenAlex | W2084855671 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 27 |
The European Union has developed a one-size-fits-all approach to promote good governance reforms in African countries, focusing on strengthening the effectiveness of state institutions while increasingly asking for reforms that also target their democratic quality. Assessing the EU's policies in Angola and Ethiopia reveals, however, that the implementation of this approach is more differential. While the EU has a hard time making the two governments address governance issues, it has been more successful in implementing its policy approach in Ethiopia than in Angola. These differences are largely explained by these countries' different degrees of interdependency with the EU rather than differences in stability and democracy. Unlike Angola, Ethiopia heavily relies on EU development aid, giving the EU greater leverage to push for governance reforms. While conditionality is more effective in making African governments address governance issues, it undermines the legitimacy of the EU's development cooperation, which emphasizes partnership and ownership
Conditionality · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democracy promotion · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · European union · General partnership · Good governance · Interdependence · International trade · Legitimacy · Leverage (statistics · Political science · Politics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Political Conflict and Governance
Decrypting the EU’s Good Governance Promotion Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Through Development Cooperation
Reshaping European Union development policy
They have a right to participate as a stakeholder’
The Political Situation, Trends and Geopolitical Implications of Sub-Saharan and North African Countries
International development and the European Union's external policies
Promoting democracy or the external context? Comparing the substance of EU and US democracy assistance in Ethiopia
Fighting corruption in Nigeria
The European Commission’s implementation of budget support and the Governance Incentive Tranche in Ethiopia
Who Cares? European Public Opinion on Foreign Aid and Political Conditionality
Governance improvement by sectoral cooperation
How International Actors Help Enforce Domestic Deals
Quo vadis, Brazil? Environmental Malgovernance under Bolsonaro and the Ambiguous Role of the Sustainable Development Goals
The Power and Limits of NGOs
European Donors and ‘Good Governance’
Foreign Aid and Democracy Promotion
The transatlantic divide over democracy promotion
Governance and Development
The European Union, Good Governance and Aid Co-ordination
When Europeanisation Meets Diffusion
Our size fits all
Trends in Democracy Assistance
Why Comply? Social Learning and European Identity Change
Europeanisation through Cooperation? EU Democracy Promotion in Morocco and Tunisia
Empowering Africa
Instruments of the EU's External Democracy Promotion
Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation
On compliance
Discomfiture of democracy? The 2005 election crisis in Ethiopia and its aftermath
The Ethiopian 2010 federal and regional elections
Democratisation' and the Consolidation of Political Authority in Post-War Angola
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |