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Conceptualizing the European Diplomatic Space: A Framework for Analysis of the European External Action Service
Thomas Henöklsubject
Sociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectSpace (commercial competition)Public administrationPoliticsAction (philosophy)Conceptual frameworkOrder (exchange)Political scienceService (economics)Political Science and International RelationsEuropean integrationOrganizational theorymedia_commondescription
The creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) has a significant impact not only on European foreign policy-making, but also, more widely, on the transformation of the European political order, and represents a further step in the evolution of a European administrative space. Analysing the EEAS as an instance of European administrative space will inform on the shape of the Euro-polity, in that more independent European administrative capacities in area of core state-powers could be interpreted as an indicator for a shift of the EU’s political order. Based on direct observation, document analysis and expert interviews with EEAS officials, the paper presents a first overview of the outcomes of this capacity-building exercise, suggests a comprehensive conceptual framework for analysis and concludes that the EEAS can be seen as an instance of the European administrative space.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-15 | Journal of European Integration |