Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework (The European Union in South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia)

"This book presents a topical, holistic assessment of the European Union's democracy promotion in South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, analyzed through the prism of the Normative Power Europe (NPE) framework of transnational policy formation. To do so, it brings together three scholarly domains that traditionally stand apart and are discussed separately. The first addresses the notion of the European Union conducting a normatively-driven foreign policy both near and far abroad. The second is concerned with the legitimacy, operationality, and effectiveness of promoting democracy in third-world countries. The third addresses the quality of the relationship the European Union has been able to establish with some vital - yet often troubled - countries in South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Finally, based on the empirical findings presented in each chapter, this volume concludes by rethinking the concept and relevance of NPE to the field's understanding of the EU's foreign policy making. This edited volume offers the reader both a theoretically and empirically rich analysis of the European Union's efforts to promote democracy abroad. As such is scholars and students of EU studies, particularly EU foreign policy, as well as policy makers at EU and national level and civil society representatives responsible for designing/implementing democracy promoting projects on the ground"--Back cover Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction: EU Democracy Promotion in Its Near (and Further) Abroad Through the Prism of Normative Power Europe (Marek Neuman, Stefan Stanković)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Framing the Debate: The Evolution of the European Union as an External Democratization Actor (Ronald Holzhacker, Marek Neuman)....Pages 13-36 The EU’s Democratization: Normative Power Europe Meets External EU Perception Literature (Matúš Mišík)....Pages 37-51 The Role of New Member States in the European Union’s External Democratization Policy: Towards an Analytical Framework (Marek Neuman)....Pages 53-78 Front Matter ....Pages 79-79 The Emergence of State Capitalism in Central Asia: The Absence of Normative Power Europe (Joachim Ahrens, Herman W. Hoen)....Pages 81-97 The Limits of the European Union’s Normative Myth in Armenia and Georgia (Anna-Sophie Maass)....Pages 99-117 A Normative Power Yes or No? The European Union, Ukraine, and the Transfer of Democracy (Nienke de Deugd)....Pages 119-135 Normative Power Europe and the Ukrainian Case in EU Democracy Promotion (Lyubov Zhyznomirska)....Pages 137-160 Normative Power Europe, Democratization, and Challenges of Complexity (Senka Neuman Stanivuković)....Pages 161-187 Conclusion: The Relevance of Normative Power in a Changing Europe (Senka Neuman Stanivuković, Marek Neuman)....Pages 189-201