Introduction

Andrea Teti, Pamela Abbott, Valeria Talbot, Paolo Maria Leo Cesare Maggiolini

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Abstract

This chapter sets out the volume’s rationale and structure. The book examines the mismatch between the EU’s supply of policy in its Southern Neighbourhood and the demand for change by citizens in four countries—Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia—which have been at the forefront of the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood policies and of the 2010–11 Arab Uprisings. The book presents an innovative pairing of EU policy and practice, matching Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) on the one hand and quantitative public opinion data from surveys on the other. This approach allows the volume to map the mismatch between what citizens of Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs) want and what the EU is willing to give. Amongst other things, this mapping reveals how it has been possible for EU policy to remain entrenched in a failing framework and how such policy efforts contribute to the retrenchment rather than to resolution of the structural causes of the Arab Uprisings.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDemocratisation against Democracy. How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East
EditorsAbbot Pamela, Talbot Valeria, Maggiolini Paolo, Teti Andrea
Pages1-21
Number of pages21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Publication series

NameTHE EUROPEAN UNION IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Keywords

  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • EU
  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Morocco
  • Survey data analysis
  • Tunisia

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