Overview
- Explores the dynamic concept of joint ownership
- Focuses on joint ownership in the context of the relationship between the EU and one of its most significant partners in the Southern Mediterranean
- Shows how institutions establish negotiation frameworks within which the relevant actors interact
Part of the book series: The European Union in International Affairs (EUIA)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
This book provides an in-depth analysis of EU-Tunisia negotiations during the last three decades to understand what ‘joint ownership’ means in Euro-Mediterranean relations. The principle of joint ownership often figures in the EU’s public discourse of the EU and other international actors. Yet, it has been scarcely conceptualised and there is little research on which factors determine its presence or lack thereof. The book contributes to its definition, highlighting its evolving nature and intersubjective dimension. The author further explains how bargaining rules, practices, and procedures affect joint ownership by constraining or empowering actors, and shaping their expectations about which options they perceive are possible during the negotiations. Negotiation analysis proves useful for showing how, and to what extent, the interests of both sides eventually feature in Euro-Mediterranean agreements and enables scholars to bring back third countries' agency and perceptions into the study of the EU's external relations.
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
- Euro-Mediterranean relations
- European Neighbourhood Policy
- Joint Ownership
- Negotiations
- Tunisia
- Negotiation framework
- Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
- Lisbon Treaty
- Arab uprisings
- Bourguiba
- Ben Ali
- Authoritarianism
- Democratic Transition
- Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement
- ENP Action Plan
- Privileged Partnership
- Mobility Partnership
- Sociological Institutionalism
- Depoliticisation
- european union politics
Table of contents (6 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
Reviews
“The book valuably contributes to the study of the EU’s relations with the Southern Mediterranean countries, by systematically analysing both the enabling and constraining factors that underpin such relations. Through a thorough institutionalist analysis of the EU's negotiation patterns, Federica Zardo sheds light on what the concept of joint ownership means in practice in the case of EU-Tunisian relationships. A highly interesting read.” (Caterina Carta, Associate Professor, Université Laval, Canada)
“Vital both to our understanding of the EU’s foreign and security policies and the extremely important democratic experiment in Tunisia, this book presents an original contribution to new research on the Mediterranean. Taking its point of departure in the notion of joint ownership while examining the development of the power-negotiation nexus between the EU and Tunisia, the work provides convincing insights in an asymmetrical relationship.” (Peter Seeberg, Associate Professor, Center for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
“Federica Zardo dives deep into the relations that Southern Mediterranean countries have established with the EU, assessing actors and institutions which have facilitated the partnership and investigating compelling factors. The original theoretical framework and the well-constructed empirical fieldwork make the book a relevant read for scholars specializing in Mediterranean politics and more generally interested in external EU relations, as well as for practitioners and NGO workers.” (Daniela Irrera, Associate Professor, University of Catania, Italy)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Federica Zardo is Assistant Professor at the Centre for European Integration Research, University of Vienna, Austria. Her work deals with the EU´s external relations, in particular with Southern Mediterranean countries. Most recently, her research has focused on Euro-Mediterranean relations in the realm of migration. She has published in outlets such as the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Politics, and the European Foreign Affairs Review.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Joint Ownership in EU-Tunisia Relations
Book Subtitle: Power and Negotiation
Authors: Federica Zardo
Series Title: The European Union in International Affairs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30799-8
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30798-1Published: 08 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30799-8Published: 26 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-5911
Series E-ISSN: 2662-592X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 122
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Union Politics, African Politics, Foreign Policy, International Organization, Diplomacy