Theories and myths of European foreign policy

TY - CHAP

T1 - Theories and myths of European foreign policy

AU - Manners, Ian James

N1 - Ian Manners is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

PY - 2014/1/1

Y1 - 2014/1/1

N2 - Attempts to think about European foreign policy are often frustrated by uncertainties about how to define basic terms such as ‘state’ or ‘foreign policy’. Definitional problems are compounded by the unique nature of the EU. Clearly, the international system is populated with important non-state actors, but there is a tendency to see foreign policy as essentially an act of government and therefore exclusive to states.

AB - Attempts to think about European foreign policy are often frustrated by uncertainties about how to define basic terms such as ‘state’ or ‘foreign policy’. Definitional problems are compounded by the unique nature of the EU. Clearly, the international system is populated with important non-state actors, but there is a tendency to see foreign policy as essentially an act of government and therefore exclusive to states.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9780415626750

T3 - Routledge Handbooks

SP - 875

EP - 889

BT - Handbook of European Politics

A2 - Magone, José

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -