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3. The Capability-Expectations Gap: A Double Reading

Author : Henrik Larsen

Published in: Gaps in EU Foreign Policy

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

This chapter first analyses the principal texts in which Hill describes the Capability-Expectations Gap (CEG). The aim is to identify the dominant discourse in these texts. The chapter then turns to a deconstructivist reading of the texts. The aim here is to identify tensions in the texts that challenge the dominant discourse in the first reading of Hill’s texts. The purpose is to carry out a double reading of the texts on the CEG. The double reading draws on the theoretical considerations in Chapter 2.

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Footnotes
1
Throughout this section on Hill’s 1993 article, I refer to the EC in accordance with Hill’s usage before the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty.
 
2
The reference to Hill 1998a in the quote corresponds to Hill 1998 in the reference list in this chapter.
 
3
The definition in the Oxford English Dictionary online also sheds light on this double meaning, although it puts up six meanings of the term gap.http://​www.​oed.​com/​view/​Entry/​76658?​rskey=​NOa9zT&​result=​1#eid
 
4
Hill refers to articles by Holland (1995) and Allen (1989) for his functionalist vocabulary.
 
5
Hill takes the term “credibility gap” from Regelsberger (1997).
 
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Metadata
Title
The Capability-Expectations Gap: A Double Reading
Author
Henrik Larsen
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Gaps in EU Foreign Policy

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-95165-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-95166-6

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95166-6_3