Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: looking in from the outside
By: Veit Bachmann (assistant professor, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany), Martin Müller (Swiss National Science Foundation professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Series: Europe in a global context
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781137405463
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Foreign public opinion; Eurocentrism; Balance of power; Geopolitics; Relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Public opinion; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
Other titles: Perceptions of the European Union in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa
Description: "This collection examines how the EU is viewed in the two regions at the centre of its geopolitical interest. Focusing on Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, both of which have close and often problematic historical-geographical ties with Europe, the volume provides a critical assessment of how external perceptions from these regions relate to EU policy towards them. Bringing together a range of internationally renowned scholars, this book provides a conceptual framework for studying the EU's geopolitical role and examines perceptions of the EU in Georgia, Ukraine, Kenya and Senegal. Highlighting both the importance of understanding external viewpoints and the value of comparative research in order to better capture the various facets of the EU's geopolitical role and identity, it is particularly sensitive to persisting unequal power relations and Eurocentrism as well as to the changes in perceptions that have emerged in the wake of financial crisis"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Global Europa? How, When and to Whom? / Veit Bachmann and Martin Müller; title: PART ONE. EU IN CRISIS : EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS; title: 1. Studying External Perceptions of the EU : Conceptual and Methodological Approaches / Ole Elgström and Natalia Chaban; title: 2. Crafting Europe for its Neighbourhood : Practical Geopolitics in European Institutions / Merje Kuus; title: 3. A Fading Presence? The EU and Africa in an Era of Global Rebalancing / Patrick Holden and Thomas Warren; title: PART TWO. PERCEPTIONS OF THE EU AND ITS CRISIS : SELF-PERCEPTIONS AND EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS FROM GEORGIA, UKRAINE, KENYA AND SENEGAL; title: Lexicometric Analysis : A Methodological Prelude / Christiane Tristl, Martin Müller, Veit Bachmann; title: 4. European Self-Perceptions : The EU's Geopolitical Identity and Role in Official Documents and Speeches / Christiane Tristl and Veit Bachmann; title: 5. Popular and Elite Perceptions of the EU in Georgia / Ketevan Bolkvadze and Rachel Naylor; title: 6. United in Disagreement : Perceptions of the EU in Ukraine / Diana Zubko and Ievgenii Rovnyi; title: 7. Kenya-EU relations : Perspectives and Expectations / Anita Kiamba and Veit Bachmann; title: 8. Deconstructing the Myth of African-European "Partnership" from a Senegalese Viewpoint / Nannette Abrahams and Aly Tandian; title: Conclusion: Looking from the Outside In, Looking from the Inside Out / Martin Müller & Veit Bachmann.