European Union And Global Governance

Description:
This book explores and analyses the multidimensional influence the European Union exerts in the world, focusing on its contribution to regional and global governance. Presenting a multidisciplinary approach with contributions by a panel of outstanding scholars from political science, economics, legal studies, philosophy and history, the book examines the EU as global player and international power in the making.The book is divided into three parts: Part I examines the influence of the EU as such on global governance, considering the Euro, the common market, the modernization policies for a knowledge society and its global role as both a multinational and regional democratic political system. Part 2 focuses on the EU's external policies, including trade; humanitarian aid; the environment; climate change, migration, terrorism, crime and EU foreign policy. Part 3 explores the EU as a global actor in the making and looks at issues including enlargement and the EU's neighbourhood policy, and inter-regionalism. It critically addresses the weight of the historical legacies of Europe in the world and its cosmopolitan perspectives as well European Union and Global Governance. It will be of vital interest to students and scholars of European Politics, International Relations, and European Studies.

Review:
'Everything you need to know and more about the European Union's role as a global actor appears in this rich collection of essays. The volume provides insights from multiple disciplines into what the EU does, how it does it, why it does it, and where it succeeds or fails in a vast range of areas. The authors are among the best scholars of the EU, lending great credit to the institution to which most are attached, the Universite Libre de Bruxelles'. Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University 'The European Union and Global Governance is an admirably comprehensive volume about the EU's intricate relationship with structures and processes of global governance. It covers a wide range of policy- and issue-areas, including monetary policy, foreign and defence policy, environmental policy, competition regulation, trade policy, and immigration policy. The contributors illustrate the EU's actual and potential impact on global governance, but also the constraints and limits to that influence. Tensions between the regional and multilateral levels of governance are laid out, and the challenges facing the EU such as promoting IMF reform or mitigating climate change are presented without minimizing the enormity of the tasks ahead'. Karen.E.Smith, London School of Economics and Political Science 'Professor Telo and his colleagues provide a grand illumination of one of the central issues of world politics in this era of change, namely the emerging role of the European Union has a provider of global governance. The chapters offer impressive insights into the ways and means of EU leadership in a wide range of realms. The result is a portrait of the EU on the world stage that will surprise and enlighten students and experts alike.' John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction. The EU as a global actor in the making, M. TeloPart I: The impact of the EU on global governance2. European economy/knowledge society and regional/global economy, M.J.Rodrigues 3. The external impact of EU internal policies: the case of the competition policy, Mathias Dewatripont4. The Euro's international dimension, JV. Louis 5. The influence of the EU as a regional political system in the making, P. Magnette Part II: EU external policies6. The EU's external relations and their legal framework, M. Dony 7. EU trade policy, P. Conconi 8. Cooperation policy and humanitarian aid, Nico Schijver 9. External dimension of the 3rd pillar, A. Weyembergh 10. The CFSP and ESDP, E. Remacle and B.Delcourt 11. Environment policy, S. Obertur Part III: EU as a global actor in the making: issues at stake12. EU and near abroad. Enlargement and Neighbourhood policy, R. Seidelmann 13. EU and its far abroad. Inter-regionalism as an EU identity-builder, S. Santander and F. Ponjaert 14. Member States and EU: Multilevel external relations and institutionalization of EU foreign policy agencies, Giovanni Grevi 15. From colonialism to civilian relations? The historical dimension of European external relations, P. Lagrou 16. EU in the world: political philosophical questioning and identity issues, J.M. Ferry 17. EU and global governance: expectation and perceptions from outside Europe

Author Biography:
Free University Brussels, Belgium