Caught between cooperation and democratization : the Barcelona process and the EU's double-discursive approach

Malmvig, Helle (avtor)

The European Union (EU) has for a decade sought to strengthen democracy and human rights in the Mediterranean/Middle East within the framework of the Barcelona Process. Yet, it has done so in a reluctant and inconsistent manner. This is often explained through references to prior distinctions and conflicts between practice and principle, security and democracy, interest and values, thereby overlooking tensions and ambiguities in the very meaning of security itself. On the basis of a Foucauldian inspired and analytically informed discourse analysis, this article shows how the Union at the same time (re)produces two conflicting versions of how security is to be achieved, what the Mediterranean is, and which types of threats the Union face. The EU is caught in a continuous and paradoxical practice of reproducing two simultaneous and conflicting versions of security. This practice does not only make prioritization between and implementation of contradictory goals difficult, but also contributes to enhance prevalent feeling of fear and mistrust in the region.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Vrsta gradiva: Delo ni kategorizirano
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Leto izida: 2006
• Št. strani: Str. 343-370
• Številčenje: Vol. 9, no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-44741
• UDK: 327(4)
• ISSN pri članku: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 25860189
• Datum objave v RUL: 10.07.2015

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of international relations and development
• Skrajšan naslov: J. int. relat. & dev.
• Založnik: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre of International Relations
• ISSN: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 76065792