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1 online resource (199 pages) |
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Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies |
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Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; EU human rights and democratization policies: an introduction; Conceptual issues; The challenge of measuring effectiveness and impact; Elements of a sound methodology; Methodological tools; Structure of the volume; References; Part I Context and framework; 1 EU human rights and democratization policies in a post-Western world; Introduction; The EU in a changing international context; A decline of Western power?; Emerging countries as international donors |
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Backlash against human rights and democracy promotionEU's promotion of human rights and democracy in need of conceptual clarification; The credibility gap; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 The EU's post-Lisbon legal and institutional architecture on human rights and democracy; Introduction; Main Treaty provisions on human rights and democracy; References to human rights and democracy for 'internal' purposes; References to human rights and democracy for 'external' purposes; Main institutional innovations to ensure the EU's effective international action; The European Council and its President |
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The CouncilThe High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President; The European External Action Service and Union delegations; The European Commission; The European Parliament; The Court of Justice of the European Union; The rotating Presidency and the Member States; Concluding observations; Notes; References; Part II Reviewing the policy; 3 Human rights and democracy at the heart of the EU's foreign policy? An assessment of the EU's comprehensive approach to human rights and democratization; 1 Introduction |
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From the need of coherence to the demand of comprehensive approaches in EU's common foreign policyTowards a comprehensive strategy on Human Rights and Democracy: the 2012 Strategic Framework and Action Plan; The Strategic Framework's vision, principles and priorities; The Action Plan on Human Rights and Democratization; A test of the EU's human rights and democracy commitment: the implementation of the 2012-2014 Action Plan; The new Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019: a more comprehensive joined-up |
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Keeping human rights and democracy at the heart of EU's foreign policy? Towards a more pragmatic approachNotes; References; 4 The search for coherence in the EU's human rights policy and discourse; Problematizing coherence; Coherence as a problem in the EU's human rights action; Coherence as a problem in EU policy-making; Coherence as a problem specifically in relation to human rights; What is left unsaid in the problem of coherence in human rights policy; Underlying assumptions in the problem of coherence in human rights policy |
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Unproblematized issues in the representation of coherence as a problem |
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Print version record |
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Democratization -- Government policy -- European Union countries
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Human rights -- Government policy -- European Union countries
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Democratization -- Government policy
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Human rights -- Government policy
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Churruca, Cristina
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Wouters, Jan
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| ISBN |
9781351617048 |
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1351617044 |
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