The Convergence of Civilizations : : Constructing a Mediterranean Region / / ed. by Emanuel Adler, Federica Bicchi, Beverly Crawford, Raffaella Del Sarto.

Recent efforts by the United States and its allies to promote democracy, security, and stability in the Middle East owe much to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) - also known as the Barcelona Process - an important region-building plan in the Mediterranean region since 1995. The Convergence o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:German and European Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE. The Theoretical Framework
  • 1. Normative Power: The European Practice of Region-Building and the Case of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
  • PART TWO. Logic and Models of Region-Building in the Mediterranean
  • 2. Mare Nostrum? The Sources, Logic, and Dilemmas of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
  • 3. A Political Agenda for Region-Building? The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Democracy Promotion in North Africa
  • 4. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Sub-Regionalism: A Case of Region- Building?
  • PART THREE. Instruments and Practices of Region- Building
  • 5. The European Origins of Euro- Mediterranean Practices
  • 6. Political Securitization and Democratization in the Maghreb: Ambiguous Discourses and Fine-Tuning Practices for a Security Partnership
  • 7. Economic Liberalism between Theory and Practice
  • 8. Practices and Their Failures: Arab-Israeli Relations and the Barcelona Process
  • PART FOUR. Culture and Identities
  • 9. The Building of Regional Security Partnership and the Security-Culture Divide in the Mediterranean Region
  • 10. Turkey: Between East and West
  • 11. Region-Building, European Union Normative Power, and Contested Identities: The Case of Israel
  • PART FIVE. Conclusions
  • 12. The EuroMed beyond Civilizational Paradigms
  • Contributors
  • Index