The Cotonou Partnership Agreement is the most recent agreement between the European Union (EU) and Sub-Saharan African (SSA) states under the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) umbrella. The original agreement was signed in 2000 and expired in 2020, after which a revised agreement will be negotiated and finalized today. The impact of the newly negotiated Cotonou Agreement is widely debated. Some worry that this will not be enough to meet Sub-Saharan Africaâ??s economic and social challenges. Some argue, however, that this is a significant step towards promoting cooperation and trade between the two continents.
The aim of this thesis is to determine whether Mannersâ?? (2000) study concluding that the EU is a legitimate normative actor in relations with Sub-Saharan African countries is valid. As a result, the following research question arises: To what extent are EU policies in Sub-Saharan African ACP states norm-driven, and why - the (post-)Cotonou era: a commitment to EU norms or the result of strategic geopolitical interests?
A qualitative case study comprised of expert interviews was conducted and analysed using Mayringâ??s (2002) content analysis methodology to answer the research question. The assessment reveals that power and normativism manifest themselves in a variety of sectors, including development cooperation, trade, conflict and peacekeeping, and environment. These traces can be found in discussions about neocolonialism, trade agreements, economic superiority, and conflict management with double standards.
Anotace v angličtině
The Cotonou Partnership Agreement is the most recent agreement between the European Union (EU) and Sub-Saharan African (SSA) states under the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) umbrella. The original agreement was signed in 2000 and expired in 2020, after which a revised agreement will be negotiated and finalized today. The impact of the newly negotiated Cotonou Agreement is widely debated. Some worry that this will not be enough to meet Sub-Saharan Africaâ??s economic and social challenges. Some argue, however, that this is a significant step towards promoting cooperation and trade between the two continents.
The aim of this thesis is to determine whether Mannersâ?? (2000) study concluding that the EU is a legitimate normative actor in relations with Sub-Saharan African countries is valid. As a result, the following research question arises: To what extent are EU policies in Sub-Saharan African ACP states norm-driven, and why - the (post-)Cotonou era: a commitment to EU norms or the result of strategic geopolitical interests?
A qualitative case study comprised of expert interviews was conducted and analysed using Mayringâ??s (2002) content analysis methodology to answer the research question. The assessment reveals that power and normativism manifest themselves in a variety of sectors, including development cooperation, trade, conflict and peacekeeping, and environment. These traces can be found in discussions about neocolonialism, trade agreements, economic superiority, and conflict management with double standards.
Klíčová slova
European Union Normativism, Ontological Positivism, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cotonou Agreement.
Klíčová slova v angličtině
European Union Normativism, Ontological Positivism, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cotonou Agreement.
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Anotace
The Cotonou Partnership Agreement is the most recent agreement between the European Union (EU) and Sub-Saharan African (SSA) states under the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) umbrella. The original agreement was signed in 2000 and expired in 2020, after which a revised agreement will be negotiated and finalized today. The impact of the newly negotiated Cotonou Agreement is widely debated. Some worry that this will not be enough to meet Sub-Saharan Africaâ??s economic and social challenges. Some argue, however, that this is a significant step towards promoting cooperation and trade between the two continents.
The aim of this thesis is to determine whether Mannersâ?? (2000) study concluding that the EU is a legitimate normative actor in relations with Sub-Saharan African countries is valid. As a result, the following research question arises: To what extent are EU policies in Sub-Saharan African ACP states norm-driven, and why - the (post-)Cotonou era: a commitment to EU norms or the result of strategic geopolitical interests?
A qualitative case study comprised of expert interviews was conducted and analysed using Mayringâ??s (2002) content analysis methodology to answer the research question. The assessment reveals that power and normativism manifest themselves in a variety of sectors, including development cooperation, trade, conflict and peacekeeping, and environment. These traces can be found in discussions about neocolonialism, trade agreements, economic superiority, and conflict management with double standards.
Anotace v angličtině
The Cotonou Partnership Agreement is the most recent agreement between the European Union (EU) and Sub-Saharan African (SSA) states under the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) umbrella. The original agreement was signed in 2000 and expired in 2020, after which a revised agreement will be negotiated and finalized today. The impact of the newly negotiated Cotonou Agreement is widely debated. Some worry that this will not be enough to meet Sub-Saharan Africaâ??s economic and social challenges. Some argue, however, that this is a significant step towards promoting cooperation and trade between the two continents.
The aim of this thesis is to determine whether Mannersâ?? (2000) study concluding that the EU is a legitimate normative actor in relations with Sub-Saharan African countries is valid. As a result, the following research question arises: To what extent are EU policies in Sub-Saharan African ACP states norm-driven, and why - the (post-)Cotonou era: a commitment to EU norms or the result of strategic geopolitical interests?
A qualitative case study comprised of expert interviews was conducted and analysed using Mayringâ??s (2002) content analysis methodology to answer the research question. The assessment reveals that power and normativism manifest themselves in a variety of sectors, including development cooperation, trade, conflict and peacekeeping, and environment. These traces can be found in discussions about neocolonialism, trade agreements, economic superiority, and conflict management with double standards.
Klíčová slova
European Union Normativism, Ontological Positivism, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cotonou Agreement.
Klíčová slova v angličtině
European Union Normativism, Ontological Positivism, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cotonou Agreement.
Zásady pro vypracování
1) Conduct an in-depth research into the topic, identify relevant sources from monographs, academic articles, legislation, EU official publications or other literature deemed appropriate
2) Outline the working structure of the thesis including the major points of focus, i.e. name of chapters, aims and research questions to be followed
3) Adhering to the established research question and method, use the literature to gradually carry out a detailed analysis of the phenomena and tackle the questions posed
4) State the results of the analysis and provide ideas for further research
Zásady pro vypracování
1) Conduct an in-depth research into the topic, identify relevant sources from monographs, academic articles, legislation, EU official publications or other literature deemed appropriate
2) Outline the working structure of the thesis including the major points of focus, i.e. name of chapters, aims and research questions to be followed
3) Adhering to the established research question and method, use the literature to gradually carry out a detailed analysis of the phenomena and tackle the questions posed
4) State the results of the analysis and provide ideas for further research
Seznam doporučené literatury
Hill, Christopher. â?śEuropean Foreign Policy: Power Bloc, Civilian Model - or Flop?â?ť In The Evolution of an
International Actor. Routledge, 1990.
Holden, Patrick. In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument. Routledge, 2016.
Huakkala, Hiski. â?śThe European Union as a Regional Normative Hegemon: The Case of European Neighbourhood
Policy.â?ť Europe-Asia Studies 60, no. 9 (2008): 1501-1525.
Hurt, Stephen R. â?śCo-Operation and Coercion? The Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and Acp States
European Commission. â?śAfrica-EU Partnership.â?ť Text. International Partnerships - European Commission, November 3,
2020. https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/africa-eu-partnership_en.
European Council. â?śEU-Africa Relations,â?ť April 6, 2022. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-africa/. European Union External Action. â?śEU in the World,â?ť March 30, 2022. https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-world-0_en.
Forwood, Genevra. â?śThe Road to Cotonou: Negotiating a Successor to LomĂ?.â?ť JCMS: Journal of Common Market
Studies 39, no. 3 (2001): 423â??42. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5965.00297.
Foucault, Michel. â?śHistory of Madness.â?ť Edited by Jean Khalfa. Translated by Jonathan Murphy. 2006, 1961.
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, eds. Frieden, Sicherheit und Soziale Demokratie. Lesebuch der Sozialen Demokratie 8. Bonn:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2017.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Hill, Christopher. â?śEuropean Foreign Policy: Power Bloc, Civilian Model - or Flop?â?ť In The Evolution of an
International Actor. Routledge, 1990.
Holden, Patrick. In Search of Structural Power: EU Aid Policy as a Global Political Instrument. Routledge, 2016.
Huakkala, Hiski. â?śThe European Union as a Regional Normative Hegemon: The Case of European Neighbourhood
Policy.â?ť Europe-Asia Studies 60, no. 9 (2008): 1501-1525.
Hurt, Stephen R. â?śCo-Operation and Coercion? The Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and Acp States
European Commission. â?śAfrica-EU Partnership.â?ť Text. International Partnerships - European Commission, November 3,
2020. https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/africa-eu-partnership_en.
European Council. â?śEU-Africa Relations,â?ť April 6, 2022. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-africa/. European Union External Action. â?śEU in the World,â?ť March 30, 2022. https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-world-0_en.
Forwood, Genevra. â?śThe Road to Cotonou: Negotiating a Successor to LomĂ?.â?ť JCMS: Journal of Common Market
Studies 39, no. 3 (2001): 423â??42. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5965.00297.
Foucault, Michel. â?śHistory of Madness.â?ť Edited by Jean Khalfa. Translated by Jonathan Murphy. 2006, 1961.
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, eds. Frieden, Sicherheit und Soziale Demokratie. Lesebuch der Sozialen Demokratie 8. Bonn:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2017.