Editors:
- Investigates the EU’s policy responses to the transformation of the distribution of power in the international system
- Includes case studies on important multilateral institutions such as the United Nations Security Council, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the International Criminal Court
- Engages with several branches of the current academic literature creating useful bridges among EU external perceptions, EU in multilateral settings and EU distinctive global power
Part of the book series: The European Union in International Affairs (EUIA)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explores how the EU, as an international actor, is adapting to recent transformations in the multilateral system. The international identity of the European Union is built upon its support for effective multilateralism and its commitment to core norms and values. Until recently, there was no need to choose between these goals. Emerging powers in the international system are not only demanding more power in multilateral institutions, but also sometimes seeking to influence their purpose and function, away from those championed by the EU. This presents a dilemma for EU foreign policy – framed in this edited volume as either accommodating changes in order to support multilateral institutions or entrenching the EU position in order to uphold values. Using a common analytical framework, the chapters include case studies on important multilateral institutions such as the United Nations Security Council, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the International Criminal Court, as well as key policy areas such as energy, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation, and human rights.
Reviews
“Analyzing the EU's reaction to global structural change across a range of multilateral policy domains, this volume is analytically novel, empirically rich, and unusually cohesive. The findings will be of interest not only to observers of the EU's external relations but also to those seeking insights on the role of power, ideas and institutions on multilateralism more generally.” (Professor Katie Verlin Laatikainen, Adelphi University, New York, USA)
“By exploring how the EU has responded to the changing global balance of power this book adopts a refreshing outside-in approach to EU foreign policy. The case studies yield valuable insights, but the volume’s most singular contribution is to launch a vital research agenda, which should engage scholars of the EU as a global actor for years, if not decades, to come.” (Professor Alasdair Young, Georgia Tech, USA)
“How has the EU responded to challenges to the ideas underlying various multilateral institutions, the distribution of power within them, and their design and rules? Contributors to this innovative book find that the EU either accommodates or resists challenges to the existing order. A ground-breaking addition to the literature on the changing international system and the EU’s role within it.” (Professor Karen E. Smith, London School of Economics, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
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Pompeu Fabra University , Barcelona, Spain
Esther Barbé, Robert Kissack
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Autonomous University of Barcelona , Cerdanyola del Vallès, United Kingdom
Oriol Costa
About the editors
Esther Barbé is Professor of International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Research Programme Coordinator at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, Spain.
Oriol Costa is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Associate Researcher at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, Spain.
Robert Kissack is Head of Studies at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Spain. He has previously taught at the London School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: EU Policy Responses to a Shifting Multilateral System
Editors: Esther Barbé, Oriol Costa, Robert Kissack
Series Title: The European Union in International Affairs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54758-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54757-6Published: 06 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71445-2Published: 20 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54758-3Published: 27 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-5911
Series E-ISSN: 2662-592X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 246
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Union Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Policy