The European Union at the United Nations

Intersecting Multilateralisms
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-349-54473-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

This is the first book to examine in-depth the EU's relationship with the UN and to analyze critically the EU's contribution to 'effective multilateralism'. The contributors show that the EU most often fails to make the UN as effective as it should be in addressing global challenges.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, K.

Laatikainen, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: The European Union at the United Nations: Leader, Partner or Failure?; K.V.Laatikainen & K.E.Smith PART 1: BACKGROUND AND FRAMEWORK EU Representation and Coordination within the United Nations; M.Farrell PART 2: THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL INTEREST AND EU POLICY COORDINATION IN THE UN The European Powers in the Security Council: Differing Interests, Differing Arenas; C.Hill Pushing Soft Power: Middle Power Diplomacy at the UN; K.V.Laatikainen Returned to Europe? The Central and East European Member States at the Heart of the EU; E.Johansson-Nogués PART 3: THE EU IN UN POLICY ARENAS Effective Multilateralism and Collective Security: Empowering the UN; S.Biscop & E.Drieskens The EU in Geneva: Coordinating Policy in the Economic and Social Arrangements of the United Nations System; P.Taylor The European Union, Human Rights and the United Nations; K.E.Smith EU-UN Environmental Relations: Shared Competence and Effective Multilateralism; C.Damro PART 4: CONCLUSIONS Intersecting Multilateralisms: The European Union and Multilateral Institutions; K.E.Jørgensen Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SVEN BISCOP Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels and Professor of European Security, University of Gent, Belgium
CHAD DAMRO Lecturer in Politics and Co-Programme Director of the MSc in International and European Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK
EDITH DRIESKENS Institute of International and European Policy, Leuven University, Belgium
MARY FARRELL Formerly Senior Lecturer in European and International Studies, London Metropolitan University, UK
CHRISTOPHER HILL Holds the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of International Relations at Cambridge University, UK
ELIZABETH JOHANSSON-NOGUÉS Researcher, Institut Universitari d'Estudis Europeus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
KNUD ERIK JØRGENSEN Jean Monnet Professor in European Politics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
PAUL TAYLOR Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK