Perceptions of the European Union's Identity in International Relations

ISBN-13: 9781138543850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 230 str.

Anna Skolimowska

Opis

This book examines the perception of European Union’s identity by the main actors in international relations and highlights a ‘normative gap’ with regards to the European Union's self-definition/perception and its perception in the international environment.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Background of the Survey [Anna Skolimowska]  2. Constructivist Perspective on Identity Issue in International Relations [Anna Skolimowska]  3. In Search of Academic Tools to Evaluate the European Union’s Identity on the Global Stage [Anna Skolimowska]  4. The Social Construction of Identity and Belonging: Perceptions of EU in the Western Balkans [Laura Maria Herța and Adrian Corpădean]  5. The European Union and the Countries of Eastern Partnership: The Type of Cooperation and Neighbours’ Perception [Beata Piskorska]  6. Russia’s Perceptions of the European Identity [Olga Barburska]  7. From the Hopeless Continent Towards the Rising Star: The Perceptions of the European Union by African Elites[Anna Masłoń-Oracz and Iwona Janczyk]  8. EU – India’s Dialogue and the Changing Self-representations of the Actors [Ana Pantea]  9. East Asia – European Union Relations: The case of Japan and South Korea in the Last Decade [Olga Barbasiewicz]  10. Critical Views on the EU’s International Relations and Identity as Shaped by Latin American Experiences and Perspectives [Șerban Văetiși]  11. American Think Tanks Perspective of the European Identity in Foreign Affairs [Bartosz M. Rydliński]  12. Conclusions [Anna Skolimowska]

O autorze

Anna Skolimowska is Head of the Department of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (UKSW), Poland.