DIIS Policy Brief
DIIS Brief aims to help clarify the concept of 'normative power' in world politics
Senior Researcher Ian Manners develops a five-point conceptualisation with EU examples
The social sciences have many different understandings of ‘normative power’. The purpose of this brief is to help clarify the concept of normative power in world politics as developed in European Union (EU) studies over the last ten years. The brief uses a five-point conceptualisation of normative power as being ideational; involving principles, actions, and impact; as well as having broader consequences in world politics. For each point both a general observation about world politics and a specific comment about the EU is made.
The Brief was written as background material for Ian Manners’ opening speech to the joint TEPSA/NIIR Clingendael conference on “‘Normative Power’ and External Policies - The European Union in a New Global Order”, Brussels, 06-07 May 2009. The Brief will also provide background material for Ian Manners’ address to the Central European University conference “Enlargement - Five Years After”, Budapest, 08-09 May 2009.
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EU article by DIIS researcher one of the five most important
European Commission President Barroso agrees with DIIS researcher Ian Manners
Further details on Ian Manners
The Brief was written as background material for Ian Manners’ opening speech to the joint TEPSA/NIIR Clingendael conference on “‘Normative Power’ and External Policies - The European Union in a New Global Order”, Brussels, 06-07 May 2009. The Brief will also provide background material for Ian Manners’ address to the Central European University conference “Enlargement - Five Years After”, Budapest, 08-09 May 2009.
Read the background news
EU article by DIIS researcher one of the five most important
European Commission President Barroso agrees with DIIS researcher Ian Manners
Further details on Ian Manners
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The concept of normative power in world politics