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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Youngs, Richard, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in European politics ; 65.

Routledge advances in European politics ; 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

World politics.

European Union countries--Foreign relations.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-136-93915-6

1-136-93916-4

1-282-78142-1

9786612781421

0-203-84713-X

9780203847138

OCLC:

664551738