A keen analysis of the impact of European regionalism in the Mediterranean, focusing on the politics of representation and constructions of identity.The Mediterranean - as a region, as an area of EU policy and as a place on the fringe of a rapidly integrating Europe - has been a theoretically under-researched area. Containing empirical research on Greece, Malta and Morocco, this theory-led investigation into the political effects of the Mediterranean's symbolic geography, complements work done on the constitution of entities such as nations, Europe and the West. The Politics of Regional Identity draws on the field of critical IR and critical geopolitics to examine both the theoretical and empirical manifestations of these changing geopolitical images and discourses. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of politics, international relations and the European Union.
Author(s): Michelle Pace
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 264
Tags: Международные отношения;Международные отношения;
BookCover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Illustrations......Page 10
Series editor’s preface......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 17
1 Introduction......Page 22
2 Regionalism in international relations......Page 40
3 Understanding EU hegemony......Page 72
4 EU foreign policy as a discursive practice of the Mediterranean......Page 99
5 Discursive practices of the Mediterranean from Greece, Malta and Morocco......Page 129
6 Which ‘Mediterranean’?......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 173
Notes......Page 181
References......Page 223
Index......Page 239
