The European Union and the Global South
The European Union and the Global South by Fredrik Söderbaum and Patrik Stalgren (eds), Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, 319 pages.
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The development of coherent and effective relations with other regions and countries is one of the most challenging tasks faced by the European Union. This original volume explores the EU’s engagement with the global South, focusing on three controversial policy areas: economic cooperation, development cooperation, and conflict management.
A discussion of the EU’s interregional model—which promotes interaction with regions rather than nation-states—provides a backdrop for case studies of EU policies with regard to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. While disclosing the tensions and overlaps between the EU’s foreign policies and those of its member states, the authors also highlight an increasing trend toward successful policy coordination.
"Adopts an innovative thematic approach with an interesting focus on interregionalism. This is an important contribution to the growing literature on the EU’s role in the world in general, and in North/South relations in particular."—Charlotte Bretherton, Liverpool John Moores University