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Classifying the implementation of the EU’s normative power in its southern neighbourhood: The role of local actors
journal contribution
posted on 2020-02-20, 14:20 authored by Assem Dandashly, Christos KourtelisThis article examines the role of local actors in the implementation of the European Union (EU) norms in the Arab Mediterranean countries (AMCs) after 2011. It argues that their role is determined by two parameters: their degree of involvement in policy formulation and the position of other external actors towards the EU norms. Based on this categorization, the article generates a typology of the application of the EU norms, and claims that their implementation in the AMCs takes a thin or a thick form. The findings of this typology suggest that holistic and Eurocentric narratives of the EU’s normative power should be revisited. The implementation of EU norms must be contextualized and is conditional upon the differentiated role of local sectoral actors. For explaining the articulation of the EU’s norms, this study considers two key sectors of the revised European Neighbourhood Policy: (1) democracy promotion and (2) sustainable development.
History
School
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Published in
Journal of Common Market StudiesVolume
58Issue
6Pages
1523 - 1539Publisher
University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons LtdVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© The AuthorsPublisher statement
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Acceptance date
2020-01-13Publication date
2020-04-26Copyright date
2020ISSN
0021-9886eISSN
1468-5965Publisher version
Language
- en