A Responsible Europe?: Ethical Foundations of EU External Affairs

by H. Mayer (Editor), H. Vogt (Editor)

Overview

A Responsible Europe? seeks to understand the EU's global role from a distinct normative perspective. It identifies moral principles that could serve as guidelines for a responsible role of the EU in global affairs, and applies these principles to selected policy areas and regional co-operation frameworks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349541959
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Series:	Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Edition description:	1st ed. 2006
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

PAMI AALTO Research Fellow, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland JOAKIM EKMAN Department of Social Sciences, University of Örebro, Sweden ELENA JURADO Administrator, Council of Europe's Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in Strasbourg, France RIEKO KARATANI Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Kyushu University, Japan HANNA OJANEN Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland TERRY O'SHAUGHNESSY Fellow in Economics, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK KRISTI RAIK Researcher, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland ANDRÁS SZIGETI Rector's Research Fellow, Central European University, Hungary

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; H.Vogt The Problem of Institutional Responsibility and the EU; A.Szigeti The EU's Responsibility for Global Security and Defence; H.Ojanen The Mutual, 'Shared' and 'Dual' Responsibility of the West: The EU and the US in a Sustainable Transatlantic Alliance; H.Mayer The EU as a Regional Power: Extended Governance and Historical Responsibility; K.Raik The EU, Russia and the Problem of Community; P.Aalto Assigning Duties in the Global System of Human Rights: The Role of the European Union; E.Jurado A 'Responsible' EU, Multinational Migration Regime and the Case of ASEM; R.Karatani Coping with Historical Responsibility: Trends and Images of the EU's Development Policy; H.Vogt The EU - A Responsible Trading Partner?; T.O'Shaughnessy Citizens' Perceptions of the EU as a Global Actor; J.Ekman Conclusion: The Global Responsibility of the EU: From Principles to Policy; H.Mayer & H.Vogt Index