| Summary/Abstract |
This special issue sets out to explore the responses of norm-receivers to EU export of
norms and values. The main focus of this special issue is on the Asian recipients of EU
norms. The leading theoretical explanations—used by all contributors to this Issue—
are from the revisited analytical framework of ‘Normative Power Europe’ (NPE). NPE
is a popular conceptual paradigm that has informed debate about the EU since the early
2000s. Introduced in the seminal work by Ian Manners (2002), it remains a useful and
intellectually attractive model to understand the EU and its actions both internally and
externally. Its appeal lies in its emphasis on ideas; its open, eclectic and critical nature;
and its focus on explanations of power beyond state-centred models
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