The ‘Oops!’ of EU Engagement Abroad
Analyzing Unintended Consequences of EU External Action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6281000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olga Burlyuk (0000-0002-7477-1655, Ghent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1009-1025 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.12549 |
| OpenAlex | W2587635165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 33 |
The mainstream scholarship assessing EU external action frames the subject in terms of success or failure to achieve the intended effects, the latter generally defined against the EU's own stated objectives. Resting on a tacit assumption that EU engagement in third states is a good thing, these analyses are framed as ‘positive impact or no impact’ and tend to neglect the wider effects of EU policies. This article maintains that EU external action may and often does have unintended consequences, thus expanding the study of EU impact beyond the sheer study of EU effectiveness. Drawing on broader literature on unintended consequences, the article proposes a framework for analyzing unintended consequences of EU external action. It synthesizes and adapts to the EU context a classification of unintended consequences and, in order to illustrate its utility, applies the proposed framework to three empirical examples derived from EU neighbourhood, migration and trade policies
Action (physics · Business · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Law and economics · Mainstream · Neglect · Order (exchange · Political science · Public economics · Scholarship · Unintended consequences · European Union Policy and Governance · International Development and Aid · Law · Psychology · Regional Development and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |