While the major feature defining United States’ (US) foreign policy since the Cold War has been the use of coercive means such as military power and economic sanctions, the European Union (EU) international role, despite recent attempts to develop military capabilities, remains that of a civilian power. The literature on transatlantic relations has explained this difference by stressing the different positions of the two actors in the international balance of power and pointing at their divergent value and normative frameworks. This article, by comparing the EU and US policy-making processes, introduces a further explanation. It argues that, although the two polities share the features of Compound Democracies, the different institutional organization of their foreign policy-making processes has generated powerful incentives for pursuing different kinds of international action.
Bringing Policy-making Structure Back In: Why Are the US and the EU Pursuing Different Foreign Policies? / Fabbrini, Sergio; Sicurelli, Daniela. - In: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. - ISSN 1384-5748. - STAMPA. - 45:3(2008), pp. 292-309.
Titolo: | Bringing Policy-making Structure Back In: Why Are the US and the EU Pursuing Different Foreign Policies? |
Autori: | Fabbrini, Sergio; Sicurelli, Daniela |
Autori Unitn: | |
Titolo del periodico: | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2008 |
Numero e parte del fascicolo: | 3 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-42149170508 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000207629100006 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2008.5 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/23089 |
Citazione: | Bringing Policy-making Structure Back In: Why Are the US and the EU Pursuing Different Foreign Policies? / Fabbrini, Sergio; Sicurelli, Daniela. - In: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. - ISSN 1384-5748. - STAMPA. - 45:3(2008), pp. 292-309. |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |
File in questo prodotto:
File | Descrizione | Tipologia | Licenza | |
---|---|---|---|---|
International Politics 2008.pdf | Articolo principale | Versione editoriale (Publisher’s layout) | Tutti i diritti riservati (All rights reserved) | Administrator |