The European Union and Global Governance

This book explores and analyses the multidimensional influence the European Union exerts in the world, focusing on its contribution to regional and global governance. Presenting a multidisciplinary approach with contributions by a panel of outstanding scholars from political science, economics, legal studies, philosophy and history, the book examines the EU as global player and international power in the making. The book is divided into three parts: * Part I examines the influence of the EU as such on global governance, considering the Euro, the common market, the modernization policies for a knowledge society and its global role as both a multinational and regional democratic political system * Part 2 focuses on the EU’s external policies, including trade; humanitarian aid; the environment; climate change, migration, terrorism, crime and EU foreign policy * Part 3 explores the EU as a global actor in the making and looks at issues including enlargement and the EU’s neighbourhood policy; inter-regionalism; it critically addresses the weight of the historical legacies of Europe in the world and its cosmopolitan perspectives as well The European Union and Global Governance will be of vital interest to students and scholars of European Politics, International Relations, and European Studies.

1. Introduction: The EU as a model, a global actor and an unprecedented power M. Telo Part 1: The impact of the European Union on global governance 2. The influence of European Union democracy P. Magnette and K. Nicolaidis 3. The international projection of the Euro and the international monetary system Jean-Victor.Louis 4. EU competition policy in a global world Mathias Dewatripont and Patrick Legros 5. The European socio-economic model and its implications on the global economy M.J.Rodrigues Part 2: EU external policies 6. The EU’s external relations and their legal framework M.Dony 7. The EU Common Commercial Policy and global/regional regulation P.Conconi 8. The European common development cooperation Nico Schijver 9. The role of the European Union in global environmental and climate governance S. Oberthür 10.The external dimension of the European Area for Freedom, Security and Justice A. Weyembergh and Ph De Bruycker 11. The CFSP and ESDP E. Remacle and B.Delcourt Part 3: Europe as a global actor: horizontal issues 12. The Neighbourhood policies of the EU R. Seidelmann 13. The EU, interregionalism and the global governance F.Ponjaert and S.Santander 14. Europe in the world: imperial legacies P.Lagrou 15. European integration and the cosmopolitan way J.M. Ferry