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Despite growing scholarly interest in the EU's flagship policy towards its Eastern and Southern neighbours, serious attempts at theory-building on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) have been largely absent from the academic debate. This book aims at contributing to fill this research gap in a three-fold manner: first and foremost it aims at theorizing the ENP as such, explaining the origins, development and effectiveness of this policy. Building on this effort, it also pursues the broader objective of addressing certain shortcomings in EU external relations theory, and even beyond, in International Relations theory. Finally, it aspires to provide new insights for European policy-makers. It is one of the first volumes to provide different theoretical perspectives on the ENP by revisiting and building bridges between mainstream and critical theories, stimulating academic and policy debates and thus setting a novel, less EU-centric research agenda. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in EU external relations, EU foreign policy, the European Neighbourhood Policy, and more broadly in European Union Politics and International Relations. --

Introduction : how to study the politics of the European Neighbourhood Policy? -- ENP narratives : reproduction and reconstruction under crises -- Narratives and strategies of EU actors -- External responses and usages of ENP narratives -- Conclusion : politics, legitimacy and beyond.

"This book examines the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in the context of internal functions performed with regards to the European Union (EU) political system and its key actors. It argues that the ENP has been formulated not only in reaction to external challenges and threats, but also in response to EU internal legitimacy needs at systemic, institutional and actor level. Looking beyond governance approaches and the power of norms, this book follows a sociological approach to the politics of legitimation. Using Bourdieu's field theory, it bridges the rationalist-constructivist divide inherent in much of the ENP scholarship. While analysing articulations of EU institutions in terms of narrative production, reproduction and reconstruction, it sheds valuable light on where the conflicting goals, ambiguity and incoherence stem from. By highlighting third countries' responses and usages of ENP narratives for domestic and international legitimacy-seeking, the book calls for a more outside-in perspective on EU foreign policy. With the European integration project being increasingly contested, both internally and externally, this book provides a timely focus on the topic of legitimation and delegitimation dynamics with regards to EU foreign policy. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, EU Foreign Policy, and more broadly EU Studies and International Relations"--

The European Neighbourhood Policy: The challenge of demarcating a complex and contested field of study / Tobias Schumacher -- Beyond enlargement. Conceptualizing the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Frank Schimmelfennig -- EU actorness and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Arne Niemann and Nils Hoffmann -- The challenge of analysing the performance of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Dorina Baltag and Iulian Romanyshyn -- Power and leadership in the European neighbourhood: contending role concepts / Lisbeth Aggestam -- Realism and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Adrian Hyde-Price -- Constructivist approaches to the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Petr Kratochvil and Elsa Tulmets -- The study of the European Neighbourhood Policy through the lenses of critical approaches / Asne Kalland Aarstad and Niklas Bremberg -- Methodological and theoretical challenges to the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Theofanis Exadaktylos -- Legal perspectives on the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Peter Van Elsuwege and Roman Petrov -- The construction and deconstruction of the EU's neighbourhood / Christopher Browning -- Of borders and boundaries. The neighbourhood as the EU's buffer zone / Andreas Marchetti -- The EU and the European Neighbourhood Policy: The re-making of Europe's Identity / Jan Zielonka -- Strategic narratives of EU foreign policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Alister Miskimmon -- The challenges of a changing eastern neighbourhood / Elena Korosteleva -- The challenges of a changing southern neighbourhood / Thomas Demmelhuber -- Coherence, cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy / Tanja Borzel and Bidzina Lebanidze -- European Neighbourhood Policy decision-making at critical junctures: EU institutions, the Member States and neighbourhood countries / Mark Furness -- EU Member States and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Amelia Hadfield -- The European Parliament as an actor in its own right in the in the EU's neighbourhood / Cristian Nitoiu -- Financial instruments and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Anna-Sophie Maass -- The European Neighbourhood Policy between bilateralism and region-building / Federica Bicchi, Gergana Noutcheva and Benedetta Voltolini -- The EU and civilian missions in the neighbourhood / Dimitris Bouris and Madalina Dobrescu -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and the politics of sanctions / Clara Portela -- Ukraine in the European Neighbourhood Policy: A paradoxical partner / Kataryna Wolczuk -- EU-Belarus relations in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Giselle Bosse -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and Moldova: A resilient oligarchic system wedged between the EU and Russia / Florent Parmentier -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and the South Caucasus / Licinia Simao -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and EU-Maghreb relations / Irene Fernandez Molina -- EU-Mashreq relations: Differentiation, conditionality and security / Peter Seeberg -- Israel and Palestine and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Sharon Pardo and Patrick Muller -- Libya and Syria: At the crossroads of European Neighbourhood Policy and EU crisis management / Nicole Koenig -- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements / Bernard Hoekman -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and energy / Bernd Weber -- Migration: Moving to the centre of the European Neighbourhood Policy / Florian Trauner and Jean-Pierre Cassarino -- Counter-terrorism cooperation and the European Neighbourhood Policy / Chantal Lavallee, Sarah Leonard and Christian Kaunert -- Aid in the European Neighbourhood Policy / Fabienne Bossuyt, Hrant Kostanyan, Jan Orbie and Bruno Vandecasteele -- Perceptions of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of its values and norms promotion / Elisabeth Johansson-Nogues -- European Neighbourhood Policy mechanisms: Conditionality, socialisation and differentiation / Laure Delcour and Eduard Soler I Lecha -- Geopolitics and democracy in the European Neighbourhood Policy / Anna Khakee and Richard Youngs -- Democracy promotion by functional cooperation / Tina Freyburg and Sandra Lavenex -- Human rights in the European Neighbourhood Policy / Rosa Balfour -- The promotion of civil society / Silvia Colombo and Natalia Shapovalova -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and Islamist actors in the southern neighbourhood / Michelle Pace and Sarah Wolff -- The neighbours of the EU's neighbours: Overcoming geographical silos / Sieglinde Gstohl and Erwan Lannon -- The European Neighbourhood Policy and the CFSP/CSDP: From the European Security Strategy to the Global Strategy / Thomas Henokl.

"The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy provides a comprehensive overview of the EU's most important foreign policy instrument, provided by leading experts in the field. Coherently structured and adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this handbook covers the most important themes, developments and dynamics in the EU's neighbourhood policy framework through a series of cutting-edge contributions. With chapters from a substantial number of scholars who have been influential in shaping the study of the ENP, this handbook serves to encourage debates which will hopefully produce more conceptual as well as neighbourhood-specific perspectives leading to enriching future studies on the EU's policies towards its neighbourhood. It will be a key reference point both for advanced-level students, scholars and professionals developing knowledge in the fields of EU/European Studies, European Foreign Policy Analysis, Area studies, EU law, and more broadly in political economy, political science, comparative politics, and international relations"

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- The EU and Its Neighbors -- Extra-territorial Engagement as a Common Denominator -- Integration and Security -- Inclusion and Exclusion -- Focus on the Neighbors -- References -- 2: Scale Up, Harry! Discursive Transition (and Continuity) in the EU's 'Area of Freedom, Security and Justice' between 1995 and 2014 -- Introduction: Transition(s) of European Values and European Identities -- The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice -- Methodology

This book assesses the instruments and measures geared towards determining the EU's relations with it's neighbours. These are channelled on the one hand by the enlargement policy focusing on the Western Balkans and on the other hand by the neighbourhood policy which will enable the integration of Central and Eastern European neighbouring countries without offering membership. Both of these policies have strong local and regional effects in the EU's neighbouring countries. However, little attention has been paid to the perceptions of and impact of these policies in the neighbouring countries themselves. By presenting theoretical contributions and empirical case studies drawing on qualitative and ethnographic fieldwork, this book provides new insights that will be of great interest for students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of Geography, Sociology, Political Science and European Studies.

Contributors offer new approaches to the study of the European Neighbourhood Policy. While the main emphasis is on the empirical assessment of the impact that the ENP has had to-date and on the factors that have shaped its implementation, it also provides new theoretical and methodological perspectives on how to study this policy area

"In implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) the European Union offers a deeper political and economic relationship to its neighbours--but without a promise of EU membership. The ENP is intended to be a strategic approach to the post-enlargement situation which redraws boundaries between the EU 'insiders' and the 'outsiders' on the EU's borders. This volume presents an empirical exploration of the ENP, in which the main emphasis is on an assessment of the impact the ENP has had so far and the factors that have shaped its implementation since 2003. The volume also provides a perspective on how to study this relatively new policy area. It contends that the ENP represents a distinctive challenge for scholars studying the European Union and that the development of a Structured relationship that embraces neighbouring states represents a 'coming of age' for the Union"--Provided by publisher.

Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- List of Tables -- chapter 1: The 2011 Revised European Neighbourhood Policy: Continuity and Change in EU Foreign Policy -- Introduction -- Continuity and Change in Researching the ENP -- Continuity and Change: Conceptual Considerations -- One Neighbourhood or Several? -- Continuity and Change in the Revised ENP -- Structure of the Volume -- Notes -- References -- Part I: The Revised European Neighbourhood Policy: Methodological, Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

This book analyses the revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) which entered into force in May 2011, thereby replacing its predecessor of 2003/2004. The edited volume provides a structured and comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in EU foreign policy (EUFP) towards the EU's southern and eastern neighbourhood through the prism of continuity and change. Topics covered include: conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues; the legal and institutional aspects of the revised ENP and the changes brought by the entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty; and conflicts and crises in the EU's neighbourhood, such as the Western Sahara conflict, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the South Caucasus conflicts and the crisis in Ukraine. The authors also focus on sectoral cooperation, analysing the changes brought by the revised ENP of 2011 in the domains of energy cooperation and migration. This volume will appeal to scholars and upper level students in EU/European Studies, International Relations, Political Science, as well as practitioners and policy-makers in the field.