Europe's Global Role: External Policies of the European Union

Provides an historical overview, an innovative framework for analyzing the EU's external policies and theoretical conclusions about the EU's role as an international actor. With an original approach and a coherent structure, this volume:Offers a comprehensive overview of the expanding political science literature on Europe's international role in a range of external policy domainsFocuses on the 'soft' dimension of Europe's international action, often neglected in the literatureWith each chapter structured in the same way it is ideal for course use at Masters level and as secondary reading for courses on EU politicsIn addition to students and scholars of European Politics and Foreign Policy, this book will appeal to a wider audience of political economy, security policy and international relations more generally.