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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779447403321

Titolo

Routledge handbook on the European Union and international institutions : performance, policy, power / / edited by Knud Erik JØrgensen and Katie Verlin Laatikainen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-18649-2

0-203-08364-4

1-283-89449-1

1-136-18650-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Collana

Routledge handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

JØrgensenKnud Erik

LaatikainenKatie Verlin <1965->

Disciplina

341.242/2

Soggetti

International agencies - European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign relations

European Union countries Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The EU in international institutions -- pt. II. International organisations and performance -- pt. III. The United Nations -- pt. IV. International organisations -- pt. V. International regimes -- pt. VI. Global institutional contexts and EU multilateralism.

Sommario/riassunto

While the EU has championed ""effective multilateralism"" and experienced a dramatic internal reform process to improve its performance in external relations, broader multilateral processes have also undergone dramatic change. This handbook addresses the increasingly contested issue of profound political importance: Europe's presence in multilateral institutions. It assesses both the evolving role of Europe in international institutions, and the transformations in international institutions themselves. Acknowledging that the category of international institutions comprises a highly d