| ID | 111639 |
| Title Proper | Turning into a sovereign actor? probing the EU through the lens of neighbourhood |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Joenniemi, Pertti |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A central goalpost characterising the European Union has consisted of escaping Europe's notorious past, and this aspiration has then also profoundly impacted the Union's approach to the construction of political space. Sovereignty has for the EU subsequently been off limits. However, the more recent claim of the Union having succeeded in reaching its initial goal of leaving the past behind radically alters the situation. It does not merely set the EU free but also compels it to reconsider the underlying generative grammar. Does this then also mean that the EU is bound to return to more sovereignty-geared approaches premised on clear distinctions between self and other or does it still aspire to stay with the previous script by refraining from adopting the rather strict organising principles characteristic of modern states? This is the issue that the article sets out to explore by focusing on the concept of a neighbour which has recently been added to the EU's repertoire of key constitutive departures through the recent coining of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). |
| `In' analytical Note | Geopolitics Vol. 17, No.1; 2012: p.25-46 |
| Journal Source | Geopolitics Vol. 17, No.1; 2012: p.25-46 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Europe ; Sovereignty ; Sovereign Actor ; Political Space ; European Neighbourhood Policy |