The concept of awkward powers in foreign relations : comparative analysis of Canada and the European Union

Pikalo, Jernej (avtor), Durnik, Mitja (avtor)

This paper addresses a specific phenomenon concerning power concepts in Canadian and EU foreign policies. As is widely known, the liberal-democratic platform has dominated global relations after the end of the Cold War. Implemented power approaches are studied from theoretical perspectives of liberalism/constructivism standpoints and their realist critique. Canada has been presented mostly as a middle power in international relations trying to find its specific role as a mediator and balancer among superpowers. On the other hand, the EU is classified predominantly as a normative power with tendencies to act as a great power from some point of view. In the paper, we analyse both entities through the recent concept of ‘awkward power’, whereby states have a so-called “dubious character”, acting in-between the potential of great and middle powers.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: power, awkward power, realism, liberalism/constructivism
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.02 - Pregledni znanstveni članek
• Geografsko pokritje: Kanada
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede ; FU - Fakulteta za upravo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: Str. 93-121
• Številčenje: Vol. 60, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147322
• UDK: 327
• ISSN pri članku: 0032-3241
• DOI: 10.20901/pm.60.2.05
• COBISS.SI-ID: 157366019
• Datum objave v RUL: 30.06.2023

PIKALO, Jernej in DURNIK, Mitja, 2023, The concept of awkward powers in foreign relations : comparative analysis of Canada and the European Union. Politička misao [na spletu]. 2023. Vol. 60, no. 2, p. 93–121. [Dostopano 26 april 2025]. DOI 10.20901/pm.60.2.05. Pridobljeno s: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=slv&id=147322

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Politička misao
• Skrajšan naslov: Polit. misao
• Založnik: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
• ISSN: 0032-3241
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3400962

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: mednarodni odnosi, moč (družbene vede), velesile, Evropska unija, Kanada