The European Union's Mediterranean Policy: Model or Muddle?

By analysing case studies through the lens of new constructivist Institutionalist perspective, this book sheds new light on the failure of EU policies in the Mediterranean. It suggests that these failures are the result of problems at the very heart of EU policy-making which clearly privilege economic concerns over social concerns.

Autorentext

Karim Knio is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. He is the academic coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus MAPP Masters program and convener of the Governance and Democracy specialisation. His research focuses on the political economy of governance, regionalism and trade with a focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Inhalt
Introduction: Model or Muddle? 1. Institutionalisms - An Overview 2. Delineating the Muddle: From 'Patchy' frameworks to the European Mediterranean Partnership 3. Emergence and Consolidation of a 'Model': The European Mediterranean Partnership and Beyond 4. The Role of Ideas and Interests in the EU-Mediterranean Policy