Soft Power, Rhetorical Action and Hard Cash - An analysis of the EFTA-EU negotiations on the extended EEA-agreement
(2008)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- I believe that it is uncomplicated to present a plausible rational account of the final result of the negotiations. There are also reasons to believe that normative considerations played a role in Norway´s decision to unilaterally increase its contribution to the Central and Eastern European countries. The purpose of this paper however is to show that in order to achieve a deeper understanding of the outcome one should take into account the concepts of soft power and rhetorical action. What I will demonstrate is that Norwegian actors´ identity and the country´s reliance on soft power can in material terms be a disadvantage in international negotiations. Furthermore, I will show that EU actors possibly can be said to have strategically used... (More)
- I believe that it is uncomplicated to present a plausible rational account of the final result of the negotiations. There are also reasons to believe that normative considerations played a role in Norway´s decision to unilaterally increase its contribution to the Central and Eastern European countries. The purpose of this paper however is to show that in order to achieve a deeper understanding of the outcome one should take into account the concepts of soft power and rhetorical action. What I will demonstrate is that Norwegian actors´ identity and the country´s reliance on soft power can in material terms be a disadvantage in international negotiations. Furthermore, I will show that EU actors possibly can be said to have strategically used normative arguments towards a country that
because of its identity and its reliance on soft power cannot easily ignore
arguments of this character. (Less)
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- author
- Johnsen, Tom Oddgeir
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Norway, EU, Negotiation, Soft Power, Rhetorical Action, EFTA, EEA, Political history, Politisk historia, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1317185
- date added to LUP
- 2008-06-16 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-06-16 00:00:00
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abstract = {{I believe that it is uncomplicated to present a plausible rational account of the final result of the negotiations. There are also reasons to believe that normative considerations played a role in Norway´s decision to unilaterally increase its contribution to the Central and Eastern European countries. The purpose of this paper however is to show that in order to achieve a deeper understanding of the outcome one should take into account the concepts of soft power and rhetorical action. What I will demonstrate is that Norwegian actors´ identity and the country´s reliance on soft power can in material terms be a disadvantage in international negotiations. Furthermore, I will show that EU actors possibly can be said to have strategically used normative arguments towards a country that
because of its identity and its reliance on soft power cannot easily ignore
arguments of this character.}},
author = {{Johnsen, Tom Oddgeir}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Soft Power, Rhetorical Action and Hard Cash - An analysis of the EFTA-EU negotiations on the extended EEA-agreement}},
year = {{2008}},
}