Ian Manners
Professor
Theorizing Normative Power in European Union-Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Author
Summary, in English
This article provides a theoretical perspective on the question of how EU-Israeli/Palestinian relations should be conceived 50 years after the occupation. The article sets out how a critical social theory of normative power could be seen as a way both of analyzing and changing these relations. According to Craig Calhoun, critical social theory should be seen as an ‘interpenetrating body of work which demands and produces critique… [that] depends on some manner of historical understanding and analysis.’ The normative power approach represents a critical social theory in that it seeks to be explanatory, practical, and normative, all at the same time. The article suggests how these criteria may be applied to the study of EU-Israeli/Palestinian relations and their consequences, 50 years after the occupation.
Publishing year
2018-12-23
Language
English
Pages
321-334
Publication/Series
Middle East Critique
Volume
27
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- European Union
- Israel
- Palestine
- Normative Power
- occupation
Status
Published
Project
- Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1943-6149