Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: an Alternative Trichotomy

Didem Buhari; Baris Gulmez

Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: an Alternative Trichotomy

Didem Buhari, Baris Gulmez

Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Abstract

This chapter is a theoretical attempt to study the multifaceted authority of the European Union (EU) in world politics. Authority is legitimated power. Without legitimacy, power often faces severe resistance whereas legitimate actions and actorness imply less opposition if not widespread support. Informed by the thesis of Steven Lukes on three-dimensional power and Mark Suchman’s trichotomy of legitimacy, this chapter advances three dimensions of the EU’s authority in the world and discusses how the EU could maintain and/or restore its legitimacy in the global arena.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The EU: A Global Power in the making?
Subtitle of host publication	Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU's External Relations
Editors	astrid boening, Jan-Frederik Kremer, Aukje van Loon
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	111-126
Number of pages	15
Volume	I
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-32412-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-32411-6
Publication status	Published - 2013

Publication series

Name	Global Power Shift

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http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-32412-3_7

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Buhari, D., & Gulmez, B. (2013). Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: an Alternative Trichotomy. In A. boening, J.-F. Kremer, & A. van Loon (Eds.), The EU: A Global Power in the making?: Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU's External Relations (Vol. I, pp. 111-126). (Global Power Shift). Springer-Verlag. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-32412-3_7

Buhari, Didem ; Gulmez, Baris. / Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: an Alternative Trichotomy. The EU: A Global Power in the making?: Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU's External Relations. editor / astrid boening ; Jan-Frederik Kremer ; Aukje van Loon. Vol. I Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2013. pp. 111-126 (Global Power Shift).

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Buhari, D & Gulmez, B 2013, Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: an Alternative Trichotomy. in A boening, J-F Kremer & A van Loon (eds), The EU: A Global Power in the making?: Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU's External Relations. vol. I, Global Power Shift, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 111-126. <http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-32412-3_7>

Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: an Alternative Trichotomy. / Buhari, Didem; Gulmez, Baris.
The EU: A Global Power in the making?: Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU's External Relations. ed. / astrid boening; Jan-Frederik Kremer; Aukje van Loon. Vol. I Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2013. p. 111-126 (Global Power Shift).

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