ABSTRACT
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in the relationship between the African continent and the EU, provided by leading experts in the field.
Structured into five parts, the handbook provides an incisive look at the past, present and potential futures of EU-Africa relations. The cutting-edge chapters cover themes like multilateralism, development assistance, institutions, gender equality and science and technology, among others. Thoroughly researched, this book provides original reflections from a diversity of conceptual and theoretical perspectives, from experts in Africa, Europe and beyond. The handbook thus offers rich and comprehensive analyses of contemporary global politics as manifested in Africa and Europe.
The Routledge Handbook of EU-Africa Relations will be an essential reference for scholars, students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested and working in a range of fields within the (sub)disciplines of African and EU studies, European politics and international studies.
The Routledge Handbook of EU-Africa Relations is part of the mini-series Europe in the World Handbooks examining EU-regional relations and established by Professor Wei Shen.
Introduction PART I: Theorising Africa-EU relations through history Introduction 1. International Relations theory: Comparative reflections on EU-Africa relations 2. Regionalism and interregionalism in EU-Africa relations 3. Applying postcolonial approaches to studies of Africa-EU relations PART II Evolving governance in EU-Africa relations Introduction 4. From the Treaty of Rome to Cotonou: Continuity and change in the governance of EU-Africa relations 5. Foreign policy and EU-Africa relations: From the European Security Strategy to the EU Global Strategy 6. European External Action Service 7. European Neighbourhood Policy in the South Mediterranean 8. The evolution of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (2007– 2019) 9. The African Union as an interlocutor in European Union-Africa relations? PART III: Issues in EU-Africa relations Introduction 10. EU development cooperation with Africa: The Holy Grail of coordination 11. Democracy and human rights promotion 12. Peace and security in the context of EU-Africa relations 13. Regional integration 14. Interregionalism and bilateralism in the context of EU-Africa relations 15. Trade and the Economic Partnership Agreements in EU-Africa relations 16. Africa-Europe science, technology and innovation cooperation: Trends, challenges and opportunities PART IV: External actors in Africa’s international politics and the Africa-European Union relationship Introduction 17. Inter-organisational cooperation in flux? Impact of resources and state interests in the cooperation between the European Union, United Nations and African Union 18. The China effect: African agency, derivative power and renegotiation of EU-Africa relations 19. EU-Brazil-Africa triangular cooperation in the 21st century: Unfinished business 20. Toward a post-Westphalian turn in Africa-EU studies? Non-state actors and sustainable development PART V: Opportunities to cooperate on new global challenges Introduction 21. Migration and the Mediterranean Sea: A maritime bridge between the EU and Africa 22. Environment and climate change in the context of EU-Africa relations 23. The role of civil society in EU-Africa relations 24. Agriculture and land in EU-Africa relations 25. Gendering cooperation Conclusion
