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Ian Manners, photo.

Ian Manners

Professor

Ian Manners, photo.

The End of a Noble Narrative? : European Integration Narratives after the Nobel Peace Prize

Author

  • Ian Manners
  • Philomena Murray

Summary, in English

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 to the EU (European Union) came as a surprise. Not only was the eurozone economic crisis undermining both policy effectiveness and public support for the EU, but it was also seriously challenging the EU's image in global politics. The eurozone crisis, the Nobel Prize and the search for a ‘new narrative for Europe’ demonstrate that the processes of European integration are always narrated as sense‐making activities – stories people tell to make sense of their reality. This article argues in favour of a narrative approach to European integration through the construction and application of an analytical framework drawing on different theoretical perspectives. This framework is then applied to six European integration narratives to demonstrate the value of a narrative approach. The article concludes that narrative analysis provides a means of understanding both EU institutional and non‐institutional narratives of European integration.

Publishing year

2016-01

Language

English

Pages

185-202

Publication/Series

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volume

54

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • European Union
  • European Integration
  • narrative
  • Nobel Peace Prize

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1468-5965