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Decentring Norms in EU Relations with the Southern Neighbourhood

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ID6280169
AuthorsStephan Keukeleire (0000-0002-4030-0265, University of Leuven Leuven, corresponding author), Sharon Lecocq (0000-0002-5039-5667, University of Leuven Leuven), Frédéric Volpi (0000-0002-7642-8084, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh)
Year2021
Volume59
Issue4
Pages891-908
Publication date2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jcms.13121
OpenAlexW3110141063
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited65

The EU's external promotion of norms and the idea of normative power Europe itself are increasingly contested, which is especially true in the EU's southern neighbourhood. However, whereas scholars of EU foreign policy acknowledge the contestation of external norms, they find it difficult to understand why other normative frameworks could be equally or more appealing to Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries, as they entail norms that are less prominent in the Western catalogue of liberal values. To facilitate the detection and analysis of a wider set of norms, we situate them along several continua of norm orientations and apply this framework to the EU's southern neighbourhood. EU foreign policy scholars can then examine whether different norms overlap or compete or are complementary or even incompatible, and the extent to which values promoted by European actors are congruent with normative frameworks in the MENA region

Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · Economics · European Neighbourhood Policy · European union · Foreign policy · International trade · Middle East · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Norm (philosophy · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Mathematics

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Unique citing works15
Citations per year3,75
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 15

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