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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785151103321

Autore

Youngs Richard

Titolo

The EU's role in world politics : a retreat from liberal internationalism / / Richard Youngs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-93915-6

1-136-93916-4

1-282-78142-1

9786612781421

0-203-84713-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 65

Disciplina

341.242/2

Soggetti

World politics

European Union countries Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Economic liberalism and the financial crisis; 3 Multilateralism and the emerging international order; 4 Security and counter-terrorism; 5 Democracy and human rights; 6 Dealing with conflict; 7 Combating Third World poverty; 8 Energy security and climate change; 9 Europe's global future: The pragmatic cosmopolitan; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Debates on EU foreign policy have been dominated by two opposing schools of argument. One includes a broad range of work that extols the virtues of a European liberal concept of power and the other sees the EU's commitment to cosmopolitan liberalism and soft power as a sign of weakness rather than strength.This book judges the EU on its own terms as a liberal power, examining its policy record, rather than simply asserting that the EU's liberal commitments in themselves denote either a superior or inferior foreign policy approach. Youngs argues that the challenges facing Europ