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In the academic literature on EU–southern Mediterranean relations, a focal point of neglect has been the gendered dimension of Euro-Mediterranean relations. This article argues that the Euro-Mediterranean space has been formed within the gendered global West/non-West relations with the purpose of promoting the West's security interests. Euro-Mediterranean security relations, thus, embody a gendered power hierarchy between the hybrid hegemonic masculinity of the EU (bourgeois-rational and citizen-warrior) and the subordinate (both feminized and hypermasculinized) southern neighbourhood. In addition, it shows that following the Arab Spring the EU has been determined to maintain the status quo by reconstructing these gendered power relations. This gender analysis contributes to the literature on Euro-Mediterranean relations through its specific focus on the (re)construction processes of gendered identities within the West/non-West context in tandem with the EU's competing notions of security.
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Mediterranean PoliticsVolume
20Issue
3Pages
322 - 341Citation
BILGIC, A., 2015. Hybrid hegemonic masculinity of the EU before and after the Arab Spring: a gender analysis of Euro-Mediterranean security relations. Mediterranean Politics, 20 (3), pp. 322 - 341.Publisher
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2015-05-07Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Mediterranean Politics on 07 May 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13629395.2014.950472ISSN
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