Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Global Europa? How, When and to Whom?

   1. Introduction: Global Europa? How, When and to Whom?

      • Veit Bachmann, Martin Müller

      Pages 1-13

3. EU in Crisis: External Relations and External Perceptions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Studying External Perceptions of the EU: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches

      • Ole Elgström, Natalia Chaban

      Pages 17-33

   3. Crafting Europe for Its Neighbourhood: Practical Geopolitics in European Institutions

      • Merje Kuus

      Pages 34-49

   4. A Fading Presence? The EU and Africa in an Era of Global Rebalancing

      • Patrick Holden, Thomas Warren

      Pages 50-66

4. Perceptions of the EU and Its Crisis: Self-Perceptions and External Perceptions from Georgia, Ukraine, Kenya and Senegal

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Lexicometric Analysis: A Methodological Prelude

      • Christiane Tristl, Martin Müller, Veit Bachmann

      Pages 69-76

   3. European Self-Perceptions: The EU’s Geopolitical Identity and Role in Official Documents and Speeches

      • Christiane Tristl, Veit Bachmann

      Pages 77-104

   4. Popular and Elite Perceptions of the EU in Georgia

      • Ketevan Bolkvadze, Rachel Naylor

      Pages 105-123

   5. United in Disagreement: Perceptions of the EU in Ukraine

      • Diana Zubko, Ievgenii Rovnyi

      Pages 124-144

   6. Kenya-EU Relations: Perspectives and Expectations

      • Anita Kiamba, Veit Bachmann

      Pages 145-164

   7. Deconstructing the Myth of African-European ‘Partnership’ from a Senegalese Viewpoint

      • Nannette Abrahams, Aly Tandian

      Pages 165-186

5. Conclusion: Looking from the Outside In ≠ Looking from the Inside Out

   1. Conclusion: Looking from the Outside In ≠ Looking from the Inside Out

      • Martin Müller, Veit Bachmann

      Pages 187-195

6. Back Matter

   Pages 196-226

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This collection examines how the EU is seen in the two regions that are at the centre of its geopolitical interest. Focusing on Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, it provides a critical assessment of how their external perceptions relate to EU policy towards them.

• EU
• geopolitics
• external relations
• external perceptions
• Ukraine
• Georgia
• Kenya
• Senegal
• European Neighbourhood Policy
• development policy
• crisis
• lexicometric analysis
• sub-Saharan Africa
• Eastern Europe
• EU policy
• Eurocentrism
• financial crisis
• Europe
• European Institutions
• European Neighbourhood
• European Union (EU)
• identity
• Institution
• Policy

“It should be required reading for those working in European Studies, experts in the areas of Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, certainly interesting to geographers, political scientists, media and cultural studies scholars, researchers in international relations, politicians and practitioners, and anyone with a specific interest in Ukraine, Georgia, Kenya, Senegal and their places in the current European crises.” (Roman Horbyk, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (8), 2016)

'A timely and welcome contribution to the analysis of the external image of the EU, [this book] includes largely unexplored country case-studies and sheds light on the EU's role in world politics.' - Sonia Lucarelli, University of Bologna, Italy

'A well balanced range of insights into the EU's external relations policy as seen from outside the EU. The book captures particularly well the challenges facing the EU in convincing states, regions and peoples outside its borders of the wisdom of engaging with EU policy objectives. A well researched and carefully constructed book that fills an important gap in the academic literature on EU foreign policy.' - Alun Jones, University College Dublin, Ireland

• Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany

  Veit Bachmann

• University of Zurich, Switzerland

  Martin Müller

Nannette Abrahams, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Veit Bachmann, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ketevan Bolkvadze, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Natalia Chaban, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Ole Elgström, Lund University, Sweden Patrick Holden, Plymouth University, United Kingdom Anita Kiamba, University of Nairobi, Kenya Merje Kuus, University of British Columbia, Canada Martin Müller, Universität Zürich, Switzerland Rachel Naylor, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ievgenii Rovnyi, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Aly Tandian, Université Gaston Berger, Senegal Christiane Tristl, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Thomas Warren, Plymouth University, United Kingdom Diana Zubko, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine

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