Normative Power Europe: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives (2011)Hardcover - 2011, 21 June 2011

The notion of Normative Power Europe (NPE) is that the EU is an 'ideational' actor characterised by common principles and acting to diffuse norms within international relations. Contributors assess the impact of NPE and offer new perspectives for the future exploration of one of the most widely used ideas in the study of the EU in the last decade.