Democratisation against Democracy: How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East

Andrea Teti; Pamela A. Abbott; Valeria  Talbot; Paolo Maggiolini

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1

Democratisation against Democracy: How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East

Andrea Teti, Pamela A. Abbott, Valeria Talbot, Paolo Maggiolini

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This book explains why the EU is not a ‘normative actor’ in the Southern Mediterranean, and how and why EU democracy promotion fails. Drawing on a combination of discourse analysis of EU policy documents and evidence from opinion polls showing ‘what the people want’, the book shows EU policy fails because the EU promotes a conception of democracy which people do not share. Likewise, the EU’s strategies for economic development are misconceived because they do not reflect the people’s preferences for greater social justice and reducing inequalities. This double failure highlights a paradox of EU democracy promotion: while nominally emancipatory, it de facto undermines the very transitions to democracy and inclusive development it aims to pursue.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	349
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030338831
ISBN (Print)	9783030338824
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_10
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2020

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Name	The European Union in International Affairs
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	2662-5911
ISSN (Electronic)	2622-592X

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Teti A, Abbott PA, Talbot V, Maggiolini P. Democratisation against Democracy: How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East . Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 349 p. (The European Union in International Affairs). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_2, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_3, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_4, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_5, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_6, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_7, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_8, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_9, 10.1007/978-3-030-33883-1_10

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