Un-National Normative Justification for European Union Foreign Policy

TY - CHAP

T1 - Un-National Normative Justification for European Union Foreign Policy

AU - Manners, Ian

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The European Union's foreign policy has traditionally been described in terms of national, supranational or transnational interests rather than being justified in terms of normative political theory. As European Commissioner Bonino declared over a decade ago, such differentiation between descriptive interests and normative ethics is unsustainable in European Union (EU) foreign policy. What are needed are normative justifications that can help inform political choices about foreign policy in the EU's democratic political order. In other words, what are the un-national normative justifications for EU foreign policy?

AB - The European Union's foreign policy has traditionally been described in terms of national, supranational or transnational interests rather than being justified in terms of normative political theory. As European Commissioner Bonino declared over a decade ago, such differentiation between descriptive interests and normative ethics is unsustainable in European Union (EU) foreign policy. What are needed are normative justifications that can help inform political choices about foreign policy in the EU's democratic political order. In other words, what are the un-national normative justifications for EU foreign policy?

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-0-19-958730-8

SP - 47

EP - 68

BT - Political Theory of the European Union

A2 - Neyer, Jürgen

A2 - Wiener, Antje

PB - Oxford University Press

CY - Oxford

ER -