«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2011. Vol. 1

Normative Aims of the European Union Foreign Policy

Author(s)
L. O. Igumnova
Abstract

The author reveals the content of external normative goals and examines them taking the EU foreign policy as an example. The core values that form normative image of the Union are clarified. Sharing the liberal constructivist vision of a normative, post-modern nature of European foreign policy model, the author does not deny that the policy of the Union can be motivated by practical interests too.

Keywords
foreign policy of the European Union, normative power, foreign policy aims
UDC
327.21

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