This article was written as a part of the research project ‘The Power of the EU as an International Actor’, hosted by the Network for European Studies at the University of Helsinki and sponsored by the Academy of Finland in the framework of its ‘Research Programme on Power and Society’ (2007–10). Earlier drafts were presented as a paper at the ECPR Standing Group on European Union Studies conference in Riga in September 2008 and at the International Studies Association annual meeting in New York in February 2009, as well as at a project workshop in Helsinki in September 2009. The article has benefited from the input of a lot of people. First, I would like to express my thanks to Ian Manners and Hanns Maull for comments and material. I am also grateful to Charlotte Bretherton, Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Diez, Michael Smith and many other participants at the aforementioned meetings. I would also like to thank my present and former colleagues at the University of Helsinki, University of Tampere and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs for many discussions around this article – in particular: Pami Aalto, Juhana Aunesluoma, Hiski Haukkala, Juha Jokela, Mikael Mattlin, Antti Seppo, Teija Tiilikainen, Hanna Tuominen, Mikko Tyrväinen and Henri Vogt. Finally, I am indebted to James O'Connor for having tidied up both the language and the ideas of the article at the final stage.
Normative Power Europe, Once Again: A Conceptual Analysis of an Ideal Type†
Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02194.x
© 2011 The Author(s). JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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FORSBERG, T. (2011), Normative Power Europe, Once Again: A Conceptual Analysis of an Ideal Type. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 49: 1183–1204. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02194.x
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- Issue published online: 12 OCT 2011
- Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011
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