CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Alexander, Mira |
|---|---|
| Title | Breaking the Vicious Cycle - Investigating EU Norm Diffusion Techniques in Jordan and Morocco |
| Summary | The EU’s foreign policy approach changed significantly from the 1990s onward. The EU streamlined its programs to promote democracy and good governance into a single policy framework in 2007, the so-called European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). It aims at building a ring of stable, liberal, and democratic neighbors. However, critics often label the ENP as unsuccessful. In simply exporting its internal integration mechanisms used in enlargement policy, the EU is neglecting the fact that the trump card of accession is unavailable for neighborhood countries. Hence, the EU’s bargaining position is mainly dependent on its norm resonance. However, a crucial element for successful socialization is an initial norm resonance between the third country and the socializer. This turns into a vicious cycle, where successful democracy promotion is dependent on norm resonance. However, to create this norm resonance, a certain degree of already existing norm resonance is required. To break this vicious cycle, this paper addresses the question of norm diffusion using the cases of Jordan and Morocco. The research question “How did the EU create norm resonance in Jordan and Morocco between 2007 and 2010 to increase the success of the ENP in these countries?” is answered by assessing the ENP tools, funding, and enhanced relations in the policy areas of social policy and institution building according to Jeffrey Checkel’s framework for socialization. Comparing the fulfillment of Checkel’s preconditions for internalization against progress made in the respective policy area will reveal an indication of whether funding and enhanced relations can foster the norm diffusion. |
| Supervisor | Pütter, Uwe (CEU); Kissack, Robert (IBEI) |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/alexander_mira.pdf |
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