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Normative Power Europe - Nonsense? A Role Theoretical Approach to EU-Africa Relations

Dybjer, Paul LU (2022) STVK03 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
The European Union is often characterised as a normative power; an actor that is driven by values and principles such as democracy, liberty, peace and the rule of law. This thesis investigates whether the European Union perceives itself as such through a qualitative case study of how the EU perceives its role in Africa. It utilises role theory – in the form of a typology of national role conceptions – and aims to challenge the conception of the European Union as a normative power by textual analysis of EU-documents that guide the common foreign- and security policy as well as conclusions from the Council of the European Union. It finds that characterising the European Union as a normative power in Africa is not nonsense, but that the union... (More)
The European Union is often characterised as a normative power; an actor that is driven by values and principles such as democracy, liberty, peace and the rule of law. This thesis investigates whether the European Union perceives itself as such through a qualitative case study of how the EU perceives its role in Africa. It utilises role theory – in the form of a typology of national role conceptions – and aims to challenge the conception of the European Union as a normative power by textual analysis of EU-documents that guide the common foreign- and security policy as well as conclusions from the Council of the European Union. It finds that characterising the European Union as a normative power in Africa is not nonsense, but that the union also perceives itself as a diplomatic power as well as a military power to some extent in Africa. (Less)
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author
Dybjer, Paul LU
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organization
course
STVK03 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
EU, EU-Africa relations, role theory, EU role conceptions, normative power
language
English
id
9080155
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:41:33
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2022-07-03 08:41:33
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  abstract     = {{The European Union is often characterised as a normative power; an actor that is driven by values and principles such as democracy, liberty, peace and the rule of law. This thesis investigates whether the European Union perceives itself as such through a qualitative case study of how the EU perceives its role in Africa. It utilises role theory – in the form of a typology of national role conceptions – and aims to challenge the conception of the European Union as a normative power by textual analysis of EU-documents that guide the common foreign- and security policy as well as conclusions from the Council of the European Union. It finds that characterising the European Union as a normative power in Africa is not nonsense, but that the union also perceives itself as a diplomatic power as well as a military power to some extent in Africa.}},
  author       = {{Dybjer, Paul}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Normative Power Europe - Nonsense? A Role Theoretical Approach to EU-Africa Relations}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}