Defining Europe: the implications of European neighbourhood policy.

Chan Wai Shun.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-216).Abstracts in English and Chinese.ABSTRACT --- p.III緒論 --- p.IVACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.VTABLE OF CONTENT --- p.VIIABBREVIATIONS / LIST OF TABLES / LISTS OF FIGURES --- p.XIIChapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Policy Background --- p.4Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.6Chapter 1.3 --- Conceptualization of Terms --- p.8Chapter 1.4 --- Thematic Framework of the Whole Dissertation --- p.11Chapter 1.5 --- Methodology and Research Limitations --- p.14Chapter 1.5.1 --- The Selection of Case --- p.16Chapter 1.5.2 --- The Articulation of Narratives and Discourses --- p.17Chapter 1.5.3 --- The Source of Narratives and Discourses --- p.18Chapter 1.5.4 --- The Methodological Limitations --- p.20Chapter 1.6 --- Potential Contributions --- p.21Chapter 1.6.1 --- Contributions to Academic Community --- p.21Chapter 1.6.2 --- Contributions to the Diplomatic Community --- p.23Chapter 1.7 --- Chapter Summary and the Preview of the Dissertation --- p.24Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- A THEORETICAL REVIEW ON EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY --- p.25Chapter 2.1 --- IR Theories and their Application in European Neighbourhood Policy --- p.25Chapter 2.1.1 --- Realism and its Variation --- p.26Chapter 2.1.2 --- Liberal Institutionalism and Liberal Intergovernmentalism --- p.28Chapter 2.1.3 --- Constructivism and its Application --- p.30Chapter 2.2 --- Problems of the Traditional IR Theories --- p.34Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Maltreatment of Bargaining Game within EU --- p.35Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Maltreatment of EU Polity --- p.37Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Maltreatment of EU Foreign Policy --- p.38Chapter 2.3 --- From IR ThEories to Policy-oriented Analysis --- p.40Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Enlargement Experience of the Usual Reference --- p.41Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Cross-pillar Characteristics of ENP --- p.42Chapter 2.3.3 --- Criticisms of the Policy-oriented Approach --- p.43Chapter 2.4 --- Common Shortfalls of IR Theories and Policy-oriented Analysis --- p.44Chapter 2.5 --- Chapter Summary and Preview of Next Chapter --- p.46Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- THE TANGLED RELATIONS BETWEEN IDENTITIES AND INTERESTS --- p.48Chapter 3.1 --- The Political Context of European Union in the 21ST Century --- p.49Chapter 3.1.1 --- The End of Cold War --- p.49Chapter 3.1.2 --- The Rise of Transnational Challenges --- p.51Chapter 3.1.3 --- The Big-bang Enlargement in 2004 --- p.54Chapter 3.2 --- The Demand for a European Identity --- p.56Chapter 3.2.1 --- The Common Objective: the Maintenance of EU Institutional Stability --- p.57Chapter 3.2.2 --- The Established States: Striving for the Ownership of the Order --- p.60Chapter 3.2.3 --- The New Acceding States: Searching for Justification --- p.63Chapter 3.2.4 --- The European Commission: Pushing for the Supranational Europe --- p.65Chapter 3.3 --- The Supply of European Identities --- p.68Chapter 3.3.1 --- Europe as the Christendom --- p.69Chapter 3.3.2 --- Europe as a Disintegrated System of Nation-states --- p.70Chapter 3.3.3 --- Europe as the Frontier of Capitalism --- p.72Chapter 3.4 --- Unsatisfied Demand-Supply - The Limitations of European Identity --- p.74Chapter 3.4.1 --- Lacking of Shared Roots --- p.75Chapter 3.4.2 --- Absence of Territorial Space --- p.77Chapter 3.4.3 --- "Absence of the"" Others´ح" --- p.79Chapter 3.5 --- The Reconstruction of Post Cold War Identity --- p.81Chapter 3.5.1 --- The Symbolic Creation of the EU Commons --- p.82Chapter 3.5.2 --- The Copenhagen Criteria --- p.83Chapter 3.5.3 --- The EU Constitutional Project --- p.84Chapter 3.6 --- From Identities to Policy - Liberal-Discursive Constructivism --- p.86Chapter 3.6.1 --- Constructivist Understanding of European Foreign Policy --- p.86Chapter 3.6.2 --- Liberal Conception of European Identity Bargaining --- p.87Chapter 3.6.3 --- Discursive Reading of Boundary Formation --- p.92Chapter 3.7 --- Chapter Summary and Preview of Next Chapter --- p.98Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- THE CONTESTATION BETWEEN THE ACTORS - “PROXIMITY´ح --- p.99Chapter 4.1 --- EU Policies Prior to the Proximity Policy --- p.99Chapter 4.1.1 --- European Economic Area --- p.100Chapter 4.1.2 --- Euro-Mediterranean Partnership --- p.104Chapter 4.1.3 --- Partnership and Cooperation Agreements --- p.108Chapter 4.2 --- The Proximity Policy as the First Label --- p.110Chapter 4.2.2 --- Proximity as the Mapping of European Space --- p.114Chapter 4.2.3 --- Proximity as the Reflection of European Project --- p.118Chapter 4.3 --- Chapter Summary and Preview of Next Chapter --- p.120Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- THE COMMISSION-LED NARRATION - “WIDER EUROPE´ح --- p.121Chapter 5.1 --- Representation of “WIder Europe´ح --- p.121Chapter 5.1.1 --- Core Europe as the Land of Prosperity and Stability --- p.122Chapter 5.1.2 --- Wider Europe as an Empire of Unity in Diversity --- p.126Chapter 5.1.3 --- European Union as a Benevolent Normative Civilian Power --- p.129Chapter 5.2 --- Policy Practice in Wider Europe --- p.134Chapter 5.3 --- Play of Discursive Practices in Winder Europe --- p.137Chapter 5.3.1 --- A Freezing Relation towards the WNIS --- p.138Chapter 5.3.2 --- A Pseudo European Economic Area --- p.140Chapter 5.4 --- Chapter Summary and Preview of Next Chapter --- p.143Chapter CHAPTER 6: --- THE COUNCIL-LED NARRATION - “EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD´ح --- p.145Chapter 6.1 --- Changes in Representation in ENP --- p.146Chapter 6.1.1 --- From Friends to Partners/Neighbours --- p.146Chapter 6.1.2 --- From Friendly Neighbourhood to Problematic Neighbourhood --- p.152Chapter 6.1.3 --- From Responsibility to Reciprocity --- p.157Chapter 6.1.4 --- More Differentiation but Less Distinction --- p.163Chapter 6.2 --- Policy Practice in ENP --- p.167Chapter 6.3 --- Play of Discursive Practice in ENP --- p.171Chapter 6.4 --- Chapter Summary and Preview of Next Chapter --- p.174Chapter CHAPTER 7: --- CONCLUSION --- p.176Chapter 7.1 --- Summarization of the Empirical Findings --- p.176Chapter 7.1.1 --- European Identity in Wider Europe --- p.178Chapter 7.1.2 --- .European Identity in European Neighbourhood Policy --- p.181Chapter 7.1.3 --- The Institutional Bargaining Game --- p.183Chapter 7.2 --- Further Implications from the Thematic Framework --- p.187Chapter 7.3 --- Application of the Framework in Other Areas of European Foreign Policy --- p.188Chapter 7.4 --- Future Research Possibility --- p.192BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.19