Human Rights and Democracy in EU Foreign Policy: The Cases of Ukraine and Egypt

Does the EU include human rights and democracy in its foreign policy? If so, why? And if not, why? Human Rights and Democracy in EU Foreign Policy explores the performance of the EU in this area, where performance often falls short of declared intention.The book goes beyond dominant explanations and identify broader explanations that are relevant to understanding EU foreign policy and, more generally, the role of human rights and democracy in international politics. It combines extensive empirical research, based on original material, with conceptual and theoretical approaches.Human Rights and Democracy in EU Foreign Policy will be of interest to students and scholars of EU politics and human rights policy.