Normative Power in EU’s Democracy Promotion Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment from Zimbabwean and Ivory Coast Cases
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This paper seeks to explore the limits of the Normative Power Europe (NPE)’s concept from theoretical and empirical perspectives by using Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast as test case studies. In doing so, it will first theorize the concept of NPE by analyzing the liberal understandings and neorealist critiques of the concept, then it will briefly give an overview of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) framework and finally it will critically examine the EU’s democracy promotion aactivities in both countries from the NPE perspective. Our main argument is that though normative
emphasis finds its place in the CPA Framework, the EU’s inconsistent and controversial attitude
towards the political situation in Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast, have significantly limited conceptions
of the EU as a normative
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
Siyaset Bilimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Mart 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Mart 2017
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1