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EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring

International Cooperation and Authoritarianism

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Vera Hüllen

    1. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 1-14

  3. From Democracy Promotion to Cooperation

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 15-52

  4. Regional Patterns of Cooperation

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 53-74

  5. Variation in Cooperation

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 75-107

  6. Authoritarian Survival Strategies and Cooperation

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 108-144

  7. The Arab Spring and Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 145-183

  8. Conclusions

    • Vera van Hüllen
    Pages 184-197

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 198-242
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About this book

The author explores the practice and effects of the European Union's democracy promotion efforts vis-à-vis its authoritarian neighbours in the Middle East and North Africa. She argues that the same set of factors facilitated both international cooperation of authoritarian regimes on democracy promotion and their persistence during the Arab Spring.

Reviews

“van Hüllen’s book is an insightful and well-documented contribution that puts EU democracy promotion ‘in context’ across time and space. Besides the rich and detailed empirical investigation in the seven chapters of the book, the author lays the groundwork for further theoretical debates on the limits, conditions, and paradoxes of cooperation on democracy. Scholars from political science and comparative politics will find the book very useful as a timely account that combines lessons of the past with prospective challenges.” (Iole Fontana, The Journal of North African Studies, Vol. 23 (1-2), October, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany

    Vera Hüllen

About the author

Vera van Hüllen is Assistant Professor in International Relations at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany. Her research investigates the role of regional organizations in international democracy promotion and regime dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa, in particular in light of the 'Arab Spring'. She recently co-edited the collection Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations: Patching Together a Global Script (with T. Börzel, 2015).

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