Open AccessUwarunkowania kryzysu tożsamości Unii Europejskiej w zakresie polityki zewnętrznej
Author(s) -
Anna Skolimowska
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
przegląd europejski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-6023
pISSN - 1641-2478
DOI - 10.31338/1641-2478pe.3.14.3
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , european union , identity (music) , european integration , political science , politics , dimension (graph theory) , political economy , economy , sociology , international trade , law , economics , social psychology , psychology , physics , mathematics , acoustics , pure mathematics
The aim of the article is to explore identity crisis of the European Union in external relations – its causes and consequences. To this end it is necessary to define European Union’s identity in external relations as well as analyse the factors that determine the problems of its foreign policy. The analysis is rooted in historical institutionalism. It is assumed that the distinctiveness of the European Union in international relations is the result of the definition of its identity and the historical experience of building the political dimension of European integration. Methods applied for verification of the hypothesis are: historical analysis and content analysis of the documents relevant to the integration in the field of external policy. The analysis identifies factors constituting an identity crisis of the European Union in external relations, both ideational (identity construction) and material (political and institutional architecture).