The EU Foreign Policy Analysis: Democratic Legitimacy, Media, and Climate Change (The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication)

The book presents a model of interaction effects between policymakers and the media which can shed light on the former's ability to enhance democratic legitimacy in foreign policy decision-making. Three types of interaction effects between the media and policymakers are identified within the European public sphere: indexing, bounding, and agenda setting. Empirically, two distinct areas of EU foreign policy are explored: the EU's approach to global climate change and its policy towards Russia. Niţoiu demonstrates in his central case study on the EU's approach to climate change the media's ability to endow EU foreign policy with democratic legitimacy, and how the EU has acted accordingly.-- Provided by publisher The book presents a model of interaction effects between policymakers and the media which can shed light on the former's ability to enhance democratic legitimacy in foreign policy decision-making. Three types of interaction effects between the media and policymakers are identified within the European public sphere: indexing, bounding, and agenda setting. Empirically, two distinct areas of EU foreign policy are explored: the EU's approach to global climate change and its policy towards Russia. Niţoiu demonstrates in his central case study on the EU's approach to climate change the media's ability to endow EU foreign policy with democratic legitimacy, and how the EU has acted accordingly.-- Provided by publisher List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Democratic Legitimacy and EU Foreign Policy: Is Such a Link Conceivable? 2. Mapping Interaction Effects Within the Media/Foreign Policy Nexus 3. Research Framework and Methods 4. The Transnational Level 5. The United Kingdom 6. Romania Conclusions Annex A Annex B Bibliography Index The book presents a model of interaction effects between policymakers and the media which can shed light on the former's ability to enhance democratic legitimacy in foreign policy decision-making. It shows that the media enhanced the democratic legitimacy of the EU's foreign policy in relation to its climate policy and its approach towards Russia.