Decentring the analysis of EU foreign policy and external-internal legitimacy: (re-)introducing polity

Lecocq, Sharon; Keukeleire, Stephan

doi:10.1080/23340460.2018.1532307

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“…While much of academic literature can be put into one of the two categories above, there has, however, been a third strand of literature that has sought to break free from predetermined structures of knowledge production while also seeking to maintain the legitimacy of the international community. Most relevantly, other than calls to "decenter" EU foreign policy (Lecocq and Keukeleire 2018), there have also been attempts to theorize how the international community can embrace the contested nature of democracy rather than to steer clear of it (Bridoux 2019;Kurki 2013). For example, Milja Kurki (2013: 257) has criticized democracy support actors for not considering alternative conceptions of democracy, thereby calling on these actors to embrace "clashing sets of values and contestation over democracy and democracy support."…”

Section: Overcoming the Choice Between Either Reform Or Revolutionmentioning

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A Radical Democratic Lens to Rejuvenating European Union Democracy Support

Vandeputte

2022

Democratic Theory

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This article intervenes in the debates on reforming EU democracy support by offering a “radical reformist” approach. It departs from the observation that literature lacks a sustained theorization of reform which more effectively considers contestation as the very condition of democracy. As such, in contrast to withdrawing democracy from its contested nature, this article presents a theoretical argument, as informed by Chantal Mouffe’s take on radical democracy, through which the EU more democratically can engage with and support the plurality of different contestations of democracy. In particular, a closer engagement with the radical democratic embrace of the political will allow for better reflection on how EU democracy support already is or can become democratic, empowering and receptive to the way democracy is understood locally.

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Section: Overcoming the Choice Between Either Reform Or Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Radical Democratic Lens to Rejuvenating European Union Democracy Support

Vandeputte

2022

Democratic Theory

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“…By relationality we mean the importance of maintaining and prioritizing relationships with members that are considered part of one's in‐group. Groups can refer to various kinds of authority structures or polities, ranging from the (extended) family, the ethnic group, religious community, country, larger supra or transnational entities, or the global community as a whole (Lecocq and Keukeleire, 2018). The interrelationship between the individual and group can be very diverse and complex.…”

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“…Understanding and taking into account the perspectives and interests of the societies and countries in the MENA region can strengthen the effectiveness and legitimacy of the EU's external action. This is particularly the case in a changing international context in which other global and regional powers are increasingly active in the MENA region (Lecocq and Keukeleire, 2018).…”

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Decentring Norms in EU Relations with the Southern Neighbourhood

Keukeleire

Lecocq

Volpi

2020

J of Common Market Studies

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The EU's external promotion of norms and the idea of normative power Europe itself are increasingly contested, which is especially true in the EU's southern neighbourhood. However, whereas scholars of EU foreign policy acknowledge the contestation of external norms, they find it difficult to understand why other normative frameworks could be equally or more appealing to Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries, as they entail norms that are less prominent in the Western catalogue of liberal values. To facilitate the detection and analysis of a wider set of norms, we situate them along several continua of norm orientations and apply this framework to the EU's southern neighbourhood. EU foreign policy scholars can then examine whether different norms overlap or compete or are complementary or even incompatible, and the extent to which values promoted by European actors are congruent with normative frameworks in the MENA region.

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“…This is remarkable, in view of the active promotion by the EU of its views on good governance, statehood, regional interaction and international stability as main aspects of its foreign policy towards the region (Teti, Abbott, Talbot, & Maggiolini, 2020). Authority structures within and beyond the state can be more influential, effective or even more legitimate than state institutions, yet receive less attention in the analysis and practice of European foreign policy (Lecocq & Keukeleire, 2018). 2 This section provides an overview of studies focussing on EU relations with two well-known and long-standing hybrid actors in the EU's immediate neighbourhood: Hamas and Hezbollah.…”

Section: Eu Foreign Policy and Hybrid Actors In The Middle East: Hamas And Hezbollahmentioning

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EU foreign policy and hybrid actors in the Middle East: ready for geopolitical contestation?

Lecocq

2020

Global Affairs

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The 2019 European Commission recognizes a need to learn the language of power and geopolitics for the EU to become a stronger player in a contested world. Yet the EU experiences difficulties in navigating the geopolitical scene in its immediate neighbourhood, the Middle East and North Africa, characterized by fast-changing alliances among international and regional powers but also a wide array of non-state and hybrid actors. Policy recommendations urge the EU to include the latter in its foreign policy calculus. This article investigates how the EU accounts for a specific set of actors by exploring its foreign policy discourse. Specifically, it analyses how two hybrid actors, Hamas and Hezbollah, are discussed within the European Parliament, Commission and Council. It is argued that internal contestation over the terrorist nature of these actors poses challenges for the EU to join the geopolitical game in its Southern neighbourhood.

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Decentring the analysis of EU foreign policy and external-internal legitimacy: (re-)introducing polity

Cited by 8 publications

References 35 publications

A Radical Democratic Lens to Rejuvenating European Union Democracy Support

A Radical Democratic Lens to Rejuvenating European Union Democracy Support

Decentring Norms in EU Relations with the Southern Neighbourhood

EU foreign policy and hybrid actors in the Middle East: ready for geopolitical contestation?

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