The Politics of Regional Identity: Meddling with the Mediterranean

by Pace; Michelle

• ISBN13: 9780415333962
• ISBN10: 0415333962
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Focusing on the politics of representation and constructions of identity, this book analyses the impact of European regionalism on the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean - as a region, as an area of EU policy and as a locus on the fringe of a rapidly integrating Europe - has so far 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 Identitydraws on the field of critical IR and critical geopolitics to examine both the theoretical and empirical manifestations of these changing geopolitical images and discourses. The Politics of RegionalIdentityis essential reading for all students, policy-makers and researchers of politics and international relations seeking a deeper understanding of European Mediterraneanpolicies.

Author Biography

Michelle Pace is Roberts Fellow on EU Enlargement at the European Research Institute, University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	x
Series editor's preface	xi
Preface	xii
Acknowledgements	xv
List of abbreviations	xvii
Introduction	1	(21)
Regionalism in international relations: theoretical overview	22	(36)
Understanding EU hegemony: levels of economic development between North and South and the EU's Mediterranean policies	58	(31)
EU foreign policy as a discursive practice of the Mediterranean	89	(33)
Discursive practices of the Mediterranean from Greece, Malta and Morocco: a comparative analysis	122	(34)
Which `Mediterranean'? A comparison of discursive practices from the EU and the case studies	156	(16)
Conclusion	172	(9)
Notes	181	(37)
References	218	(14)
Index	232