The European Union and Global Development

An 'Enlightened Superpower' in the Making?
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-34010-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 305 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

An assessment of the capacity of the EU to coordinate actors and policies with regards to global development. The authors argue that the EU and its member states have the potential to act for global development when they are able to improve policy and actor coherence, such as through better linking of bilateral and community programmes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gänzle, S.

Makhan, D.

Grimm, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The European Union and Global Development; S.Grimm, S.Gänzle & D.Makhan PART I: ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS The EU's Role in Development: A Fully-Fledged Development Actor or Eclipsed by Superpower Temptations?; J.Orbie European Aid Coordination: Is the Commission Calling the Tune?; S.Delputte & F.Söderbaum The Impact of the Shallow Europeanisation of the 'New' Member States on the EU's Actorness: What Coherence between Foreign and Development Policy?; O.Horký The Lisbon Treaty, the European External Action Service and the Reshaping of EU Development Policy; M.Furness PART II: MANAGING POLICY LINKAGES FOR DEVELOPMENT? The EU's Coordination Dilemma: Linking Trade and Development in the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements and Aid for Trade; D.Makhan Coping with the 'Security-Development Nexus': The European Union and the Instrument for Stability; S.Gänzle Research Cooperation for Development – a Case with Much Room for Improvement; M.Bucar Towards an EU Policy for Sustainable Global Development?; C.Bretherton & J.Vogler PART III: THE EU IN THE WORLD: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND IMPACT ON POLICY-MAKING EU Climate Leadership in Copenhagen and Beyond; C.Brandi Multipronged Strategies for a Multifaceted Crisis? A Critical Reflection on EU Policy towards Zimbabwe; J.Gomes Porto European Engagement with Emerging Actors in Development: Forging New Partnerships?; S.Grimm & C.Hackenesch The EU and UN Development Cooperation: Effective Multilateralism for Global Development; M.Farrell A Payer or Player? EU Developmental Action in the Pacific; M.Holland & S.Kelly Conclusion; D.Makhan, S.Gänzle & S.Grimm

Über Autor(innen)

STEFAN GÄNZLE Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Norway. He has been Researcher at the German Development Institute and DAAD Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research focuses on the intersection of regional integration and international relations, with emphasis on the European Union.
SVEN GRIMM Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He was previously Research Fellow at the German Development Institute, where he led a multi-year project on European development cooperation, and at the Overseas Development Institute in London.
DAVINA MAKHAN Capacity Development Officer, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency, based in Midrand, South Africa. Until 2011, she was a Researcher at the German Development Institute. Her research interests include trade and regional integration in Africa and in the European Union's trade and development policy. From 2005-08, she worked within the Economic and Trade cooperation programme of the European Centre for Development Policy Management in Maastricht.