Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy
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Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy. / Larsen, Henrik.
I: Journal of Common Market Studies, Bind 58, Nr. 4, 2020, s. 962-977.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap?
T2 - The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy
AU - Larsen, Henrik
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The article argues that the view of theories as constitutive of their object of study is usefulfor reflecting on the role of theories in the analysis of European foreign policy. A key concept used to study the constitutive role of theories is performativity (Derrida, 1988). The article illustrates its relevance through a study of the use of the concept “Capability-Expectations Gap”. On the basis of this study, the article also makes the point that, contrary to Cebeci´s (2012) argument, research on European foreign policy does not unambiguouslyconstruct the EU as an `Ideal Power Europe’ (of which Normative Power Europe is a part) as the use of the Capability-Expectations Gap concept does not draw on the ”Ideal Power Europe” discourse. The concept is mainly used as a critical label to describe EU foreign policy and applications of the concept end up by concluding that the EU is an international actor with quasi-permanent shortcomings.
AB - The article argues that the view of theories as constitutive of their object of study is usefulfor reflecting on the role of theories in the analysis of European foreign policy. A key concept used to study the constitutive role of theories is performativity (Derrida, 1988). The article illustrates its relevance through a study of the use of the concept “Capability-Expectations Gap”. On the basis of this study, the article also makes the point that, contrary to Cebeci´s (2012) argument, research on European foreign policy does not unambiguouslyconstruct the EU as an `Ideal Power Europe’ (of which Normative Power Europe is a part) as the use of the Capability-Expectations Gap concept does not draw on the ”Ideal Power Europe” discourse. The concept is mainly used as a critical label to describe EU foreign policy and applications of the concept end up by concluding that the EU is an international actor with quasi-permanent shortcomings.
U2 - 10.1111/jcms.12998
DO - 10.1111/jcms.12998
M3 - Journal article
VL - 58
SP - 962
EP - 977
JO - Journal of Common Market Studies
JF - Journal of Common Market Studies
SN - 0021-9886
IS - 4
ER -
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