| ID | 187027 |
| Title Proper | European Colonial Pasts and the EU’s Democracy-promoting Present |
| Other Title Information | Silences and Continuities |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Khakee, Anna |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How is EU democracy promotion made compatible with European colonial powers’ recent history of quashing democratic and human rights? A discourse analysis of general programmatic EU statements and texts related to selected salient historic junctures – the Algerian Hirak, the 2018 Democratic Republic of Congo elections and the Arab Uprisings – reveals that EU policy-makers reconcile the colonial past and the democracy-promoting present mostly through a silencing of colonialism. The consequence is that colonial-time hierarchical discourses are left undisturbed. Moreover, the projection of peace, democracy and the rule of law becomes not only the oft-noted break with the past, but also a continuity with colonial discourses of Europeans as ‘democratic’, ‘humanitarian’ and ‘civilised’. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 57, No.3; Sep 2022: p.103-120 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 57 No 3 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Algeria ; Postcolonialism ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Democracy Promotion ; Arab Uprisings |