Understanding conflict between Russia and the EU : the limits of integration / Sergei Prozorov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prozorov, Sergei.

Series:

Rethinking peace and conflict studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Russia (Federation).

European Union.

Relations.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Relations--Europe.

Europe--Relations--Russia (Federation).

Europe.

Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991-.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

Understanding Conflict between Russia and the EU provides an innovative interpretation of EU-Russian relations, which combines insights from both classical and contemporary critical theories of international relations with a rich empirical analysis of current conflicts between Russia and the EU. Contributing both to the discussion on contemporary political theory and to area studies in Russian politics, this book will be of interest to students of Russian politics and European integration as well as to the wider readership in the discipline of international relations.

Contents:

1 Approaching EU-Russian Conflicts: Beyond Transitionalism and Traditionalism 1

Cooperation and conflict in the EU Russian strategic partnership 3

Transitionalism/traditionalism: a critique of existing approaches to EU-Russian relations 11

Conflict as a discursive structure: towards an interpretative model of EU-Russian conflict 20

2 A European Country Outside Europe: EU Enlargement and the Problematic of Exclusion 27

From issue to identity conflict: the 'Schengen curtain' and the oscillations of the problematic of exclusion 27

Out of the united Europe: the liberal criticism of Russia's exclusion 33

Liberation from the 'European myth': left conservatism and the problem of 'false Europe' 38

Conclusion: from exclusion to hierarchical inclusion 43

3 From Object to Subject: Intersubjectivity and the Problematic of Self-exclusion 46

The lack of strategic intersubjectivity: issue and identity conflicts in the narrative of self-exclusion 46

'Liberal empire': self-exclusion and the strategy of redoubling of Europe 54

Getting over Europe: left conservatism and the demise of the question of 'European identity' 59

Conclusion: beyond the exclusion/inclusion opposition in EU-Russian relations 68

4 Sovereignty and Integration in EU-Russian Encounters: an Interpretative Model of Conflict Analysis 74

Structural determinants in EU-Russian encounters 74

Interactional determinants in EU-Russian encounters 95

5 Dissensual Interfaces: Interactional Asymmetries and EU-Russian Conflicts 102

European exclusion of Russia: the problem of visa and passport regimes 102

Russia's self-exclusion from Europe: the problematic of integrated cross-border governance 111

6 Equivalent Interfaces: the Limits of Integration and the Stability of Sovereignty 128

Cross-border integration and its limits: the case of Euregio Karelia 128

Mutual delimitation: intersubjectivity and sovereign stability 137

7 The Persistence of Sovereignty: Russia and the EU at the Limit of Integration 157

The paradoxes of integration in EU-Russian relations 157

Toward a common European pluralism: EU-Russian relations and interaction without integration 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-207) and index.

ISBN:

140399689X

OCLC:

61758040

Publisher Number:

9781403996893