| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in European Politics |
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Routledge advances in European politics
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| Contents |
The European Union Diplomatic Service Ideas, preferences and identities; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the puzzle of non-state diplomatic representation; PART I Conceptualizing the EU diplomatic system; 1 The diplomatic system of a non-state actor; 2 The Commission: at the heart of the External Service; PART II A diplomatic service in the making; 3 Institution-building: the engineering of diplomacy; 4 Anatomy of the Commission's diplomatic service; PART III The actors in European diplomacy |
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5 The actors in the Commission's diplomacy: bureaucratic and political views6 Who are 'we' in the international arena?; PART IV Prospects for the near future; 7 The European External Action Service: the puzzle of a new kind of service; 8 Conclusions: sailing the diplomatic sea -- a journey towards the future; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book analyses the processes of institution and identity building of the European Union Diplomatic Service working on matters of foreign policy and external economic relations, both in Brussels and in the Commission's Delegations across the world. The book examines what images high ranking officials in charge of the EU foreign policy hold of the EU's and of the Commission's role in international politics. The author explains how the EU diplomatic network came into being, how it is currently organised and what changes are likely to take place with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. Th |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203808504 |
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0203808509 |
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