The EU's Role in World Politics: A Retreat from Liberal Internationalism

by Richard Youngs

Book Overview

Debates on EU foreign policy have been dominated by two opposing schools of argument. One includes a broad range of work that extols the virtues of a European liberal concept of power and the other sees the EU's commitment to cosmopolitan liberalism and soft power as a sign of weakness rather than strength.

This book judges the EU on its own terms as a liberal power, examining its policy record, rather than simply asserting that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415679451
• ISBN13: 9780415679459
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"